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This commentary explores the legal and ethical obligations of yoga programs and teachers to uphold both the principles and the spirit of secularism when teaching yoga in schools. Arguing that secularity is essential both to comply with legal mandates and to maximize inclusivity and access, each facet of a secular approach to yoga in schools is explored through an inquiry-based model meant to help the reader gain clarity and make informed choices when developing school-based yoga programming. This article does not address the use of nonsecular yoga for children outside the school setting. It instead speaks to the complexities of topics such as spirituality, personal transformation, secular ethics, and the use of cultural and historical artifacts within school programs. While inviting continued reflection on the nuances of the topic, the article concludes that given both the legal imperatives and potential risk of exclusion, failure to offer school-based yoga using a secular approach threatens to undermine the success of the field and hinder access to practices that have positive effects on young people.

When children can't cope, challenges become stressors, and anxiety replaces anticipation. Our kids can't enjoy childhood to the fullest, and their long-term resilience is compromised. This recording offers concrete, easily taught practices to help your clients and students learn to access their inner resources, calm their anxiety, transform their relationship to stress, and thrive even when life is challenging. What anxiety is telling us: Listening to the messages of the body, Our Stress Response and harnessing its power, Agency and Personal Power: Practices to teach our minds how strong we are, Connect activity to gain perspective and orient to the present moment: Five Senses, Practice, Breathe Activity to Soothe the Nervous System: Resistance Breathing, Movement Practices to Enhance Sense of Agency and Strength: Mountain Pose Exploration, Feeling My Strength, Focus Activity to Practice Grounding and Stabilizing: Body Connection Focus Practice, Relaxation Practice to Rest and Repair: Restorative Yoga Poses, Repairing the Mind-Body Communication System: Embodiment and its relationship to anxiety reduction.