YESPLUS offers invaluable and practical tools to students that help them maintain a stress-free mind and body--including breathing, meditation and yoga. It also offers a toolbox of soft skills for personal excellence like time management, nurturing personal relationships and creative problem solving which are often missing from conventional education. The 22-hour workshop also places much emphasis on social responsibility.
"Students today are looking for a bigger meaning of life. They really want to be useful to society in any way possible. YESPLUS offers them a platform to expand their skills, connect with their inner power, discover their potential and put it all into action." says Christian Matta, a YESPLUS instructor who co-taught the workshop with Ralph Matta in Montreal.
"Over 30 students participated in the workshop in Montreal and they all felt empowered and more stress-free," says Ralph Matta.
''The energy, creativity, drive and enthusiasm demonstrated by the entire volunteer team was truly commendable. The team shared a vision to reach as many students as possible during this turbulent time and support them with developing their leadership, team work, sense of responsibility and life skills." says Poonam Kher, teacher and volunteer. All volunteers who helped organize this workshop were previous YESPLUS graduates.
YESPLUS is the youth wing of the Art of Living Foundation, an international non profit humanitarian NGO dedicated to serving society by strengthening individuals, mentally, physically and emotionally. Numerous ongoing projects can be found on the website, from women's empowerment to environmental campaigns, drug rehabilitation to anti-corruption campaigns.
