Health & Wellness

Many of the young women entering Spring Ridge Academy struggle with issues related to depression, anxiety, and body image. The social and emotional stress these young women experience in addition to unhealthy choices in diet and physical activity take a significant toll on their overall health. Addressing these concerns requires a knowledgeable approach to working with female adolescents and issues related to emotional and physical health. Our program is designed to allow students to integrate and maintain healthy life choices. Through a combination of yoga, cardiovascular exercise and strength training, SRA students learn to reconnect with their bodies and appropriately manage their health, fitness and weight.

Each student attends the Physical Conditioning class prior to the academic day. This class combines Hatha yoga practice, focusing on waking up the body with gentle stretches, core-strengthening exercises drawn from the Pilates tradition, and cardiovascular training at the track. Students learn the discipline and rewards of starting each day with exercise, as well as how to incorporate healthy exercise routines into their lives back at home.

In addition to the Physical Conditioning class, each student is required to participate in dance and yoga courses. These courses assist the student to continue to strengthen her connection with her body and incorporate balance and health into daily life.

Yoga 

The Beginning Yoga course focuses on the fundamentals of yoga, including what it is, where it came from and what we get by practicing.  The students learn the basics of the Iyengar yoga method, emphasizing correct alignment and safe practices.  Students learn practical relaxation techniques and healthy stress-releasing methods. 
Advanced Yoga builds on the skills and knowledge of the Beginning Yoga class and takes a more in-depth look at how the philosophy of yoga can be incorporated into everyday life.  Students learn more advanced and technical poses and they start to develop a personal practice.  With this deeper understanding and a personal  yoga practice, students are able to continue yoga outside of class and beyond their stay at Spring Ridge Academy.  

Dance

The Beginning Dance course is designed for students who have had no prior dance experience.   Students learn the roots of modern dance and what makes it different from other dance forms.  Students learn the basics of dance vocabulary and non-pedestrian movement.  Through choreographed warm-ups and improvisation exercises, students learn to have fun with dance and develop a healthy relationship with their bodies.
The Advanced Dance course builds on the concepts from the Beginning Dance class and is great for those students who have had some prior dance experience.  Students learn more complex choreographed movements and further develop their dance technique.  This course focuses more on dance as an expressive art and as an outlet for emotion.  Students learn the fundamentals of dance choreography and contribute to making a dance piece for performance.  


NATSAPSpring Ridge Academy is a Proud Member of NATSAP, National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs.

Woodbury ReportsSpring Ridge Academy has received an Excellence in Education Award from Woodbury Reports.

NCAWe are accredited by The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement.

ADHSWe are licensed and governed by the AZ Dept. of Health Services/Behavioral Health Division.


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