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On the deck
Morning light, a short sequence, enough challenge that it is not a stretch class for parents. Staff who know when to back off.
Yoga for teens in residence
Mornings on the deck. Strength, stretch, and a nervous system that learns it can come down.
- 30–90 days
- Ages 12–17
- 24/7
What this is
The body first — then the story can land
Yoga here is a morning on the terrace and a skill at 2 a.m. Strength, stretch, breath. A nervous system that has been scanning all night needs a way down that is not a screen. It sits beside individual therapy. It does not replace it. It is not a crafts hour.
What this hour is for
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A body that will not sit
Anxiety, ADHD, a teen who cannot take the therapy chair until something in them drops.
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A body that will not move
Depression, shutdown, a morning that starts in bed. Standing up is the first activation.
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Trauma that lives in muscle
We do not force a pose that floods them. Choice, breath, a way out of the shape. Paced like the rest of trauma work.
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Sleep that needs a downshift
An evening practice that is not a phone. The night starts in the body.
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A group that is not a talking circle
Peers, side by side, no performance of insight. Some teens can only join the house this way first.
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A skill that travels
Three poses and a breath they can do in a bedroom at home. The deck is practice. The bedroom is the test.
In the week
How it shows up here
On the deck, in the studio, on the trail — the body first, then the story. Never a crafts hour tacked on.
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In therapy
The clinician knows what the body did at 8 a.m. A panic after a pose is information. The two hours talk.
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At night
A shorter practice before lights out. The house does not pretend sleep is a decision. The body has to come down.
The work
How we use it
A clinical tool, not a spa add-on. It sits beside individual therapy. It does not replace it.
- Core of the plan
A daily practice
Most mornings. Not a special Saturday. The nervous system learns from repetition, not from a workshop.
Choice in the shape
Trauma-informed: they can skip, they can leave, they can take a smaller version. Flooding is not the method.
Tied to breathwork
The inhale and the pose are the same skill. We do not run two body programs that ignore each other.
Tied to individual
What shows up on the mat often belongs in the therapy room that afternoon.
- When needed
We skip it when it does not fit
A body that cannot, a teen who is flooded, a medical no. Individual therapy still leads. This is one tool.
Your part
You are not booking a spa
Yoga here is clinical. Treatment includes you so the practice can survive a bedroom that is not a deck.
Is this just stretching?
Ask what the nervous system is learning
Downshift, strength, a way into the day. We will say what it is for — and what it is not.
Hand them over and wait.
Take the three poses home
You will get a short practice for the weekend. We run it before discharge.
Skip the mat until they’re home for good.
The first weekend home
A written morning. We practice it here — not after a cliff.
Length of stay
30
days in residence, by progress
Most stays land between one and three months. We do not pick a discharge date before the work is ready.
90
This work sits inside the stay
Yoga sits inside the stay — mornings, a night practice, a skill that can travel. Thirty to ninety days is enough to make the downshift automatic. Aftercare is still a next therapist. The mat is not the aftercare.
- The first two weeks are for a practice that holds — not a forced breakthrough on the deck.
- Most teens finish in one to three months. Some stay longer. We do not pick a discharge date before the work is ready.
- Aftercare is part of the stay: a written plan, a next team, and check-ins at 30, 60, and 90 days home.
When to call
Do not wait for a cliff.
If the body is running the week — or talk cannot start until something in them drops — call. We will be honest if this house is too much, or not enough.
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