All Round Training in Excellence (ART Excel):
Ages 8 - 13

The Art of Living Foundation initiated the ART Excel Program in response to the global health and values crisis facing today's youth.  Presented in a practical and fun framework that appeals to youth of all ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds, ART Excel offers an enlightening approach that awakens youth to their deepest potential and life's higher values.

Program Overview:
During the initial 18-hour program youth learn the six-gold keys to success through innovative games and interactive processes that reinforce human values. It is a highly effective stress management and human values training program. Through fun and laughter, children learn valuable lessons on how to share with others, work and play in harmony and develop a sense of belonging.  Children become more self-expressive and comfortable and natural even with diverse groups of people. Students are also taught yoga and effective and powerful breathing processes which help to eliminate fear, anxiety, depression and other negative emotions. Meditation, being an important tool to tap the children's hidden potential, forms an integral part of the program.

After undergoing the program, children demonstrate enhancement of creative skills, improved memory and concentration, development of leadership qualities and healthy emotions, clarity of mind as well as improved interaction with their peers.

Our toughest critics - the kids themselves - give this program Rave Reviews.