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New York , NY - New York City Breaks the Mold with YES!! 

Starting 2006-2007, YES!  is being offered each quarter as a credit course at City-As-School  High School in New York City. City-As-School is a progressive school where students are required to complete internships encompassing various curriculums. YES! is offered as an alternative to Health, Surplus, or Physical Education credit. 

Students at the school come from varied and challenging backgrounds and find the YES! course to be tremendously helpful in their everyday lives.  

“Once I started taking this class, I have been eating more healthily. I haven’t gotten mad and if I do start getting mad I know how to control myself. Thank you for teaching everyone these breathing techniques.” –Kristoff, City-As-School Student.

Students have found great benefits and have thoroughly enjoyed the course. This was demonstrated in part by the fact that attendance for YES! was substantially higher than projected daily attendance at the school.

“The YES! course was a great experience. I feel a more prominent source of motivation in my life. I feel more concerned about doing more productive things in my life.” –Philip, City-As-School Student 

The adult version of the course, the Art of Living Course for Educators, was taught to an initial group of City-As-School teachers this fall. Many of the teachers felt relieved as they saw their stresses and tensions dissipate.  

“I feel better than I have in a long while. My mild depression has lifted. I feel excited about doing these practices in the morning, so I look forward to getting up in the morning.” -City-As-School Teacher 

The Art of Living Foundation is dedicated to “Creating A Stress-Free, Violence-Free Society”. Integrating our programs and offering them to both students and teachers has been a tremendous step in the right direction. Teachers at City-As-School are now able to support students in the knowledge and stress reduction practices they learned on YES!, so that they can further integrate them into their lives.

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