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Shawnee Thornton Hardy
Shawnee is a C-IAY T-certified yoga therapist, M.Ed., 500
E-RY T and RCY T (Registered Children's Yoga Teacher). She is
the founder of Asanas for Autism and Special Needs and the
founder/director of Yoga Therapy for Youth Teacher Training
Program. Shawnee has worked with children and adults with
autism and special needs for over 20 years. She has specialized
in working with children and adults with significant cognitive
and language delays, sensory processing deficits, as well as
severe behavior challenges. Shawnee works with private
clients of all abilities to facilitate health and healing. Her
goal is to bring the experience of yoga to all individuals no
matter their differences or challenges. She is the creator of
the C. A .L.M.M Yoga Toolkit and is currently working on her
new book Yoga Therapy for Children and Teens with Complex
Needs, to be published by Singing Dragon in 2021. She has
a yoga school through Yoga Alliance in order to train others
in yoga approaches to support children and adults with
complex needs and travels globally to share her teachings.
Shawnee is dedicated to helping support youth and adults
in developing strategies to cope with stress in order to live
happier, healthier, more peaceful lives.
Shawnee has led several workshops at major conferences
both in the US and internationally and has written for and
has had her work featured in several magazines and online
resources such as Yoga International, Yoga Digest, Yoga
U Online, Autism Parenting Magazine and Embody – The
Magazine of Complimentary Therapists based in the UK.
Singing Dragon Books:
At the Summit:
Making Yoga
and Mindfulness
Inclusive and
Accessible to
Children and Adults
of Diverse Abilities
and Backgrounds
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