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A powerful course for teenagers to empower them to handle stress and negative emotions, as well as improve academic performance.!

A unique personal development program for teenagers called Youth Empowerment Seminar (YES!) will be organized at Hearthstone School, from May 8-12 and May 15.. YES! is a youthdevelopment program of the Art of Living Foundation, an international educational and humanitarian non-profit organization active in over 146 countries throughout the world. This program teaches valuable skills that enable teens to handle stress and negative emotions in positive ways. YES! is taught in many countries worldwide and has received an enthusiastic response from parents, educators, and the youth themselves.

The course has three main areas of focus: Stress-management/life skills, service projects, and human values. Various games and activities are used throughout the course, which are fun and enjoyable.

Past course participants agree that the stress management/life skills component of the Youth Empowerment Seminar is a valuable complement to the normal school curricula. This portion of the program teaches students actual techniques for handling anger and other intense emotions, as well as scientifically supported tools for stress-reduction. The practices are very simple to do at home

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