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Yoga for kids

Yoga has long been used to relieve stress and improve posture. Now the benefits of the ancient discipline are being used by schools to improve concentration and help relaxation.

Benefits

`It improves children's coordination and balance, builds strength and stamina and promotes healthy sleeping patterns. Yoga is also valuable for pre-teen children who go through an enormous amount of physical, mental and emotional changes,'' Fenella Lindsell, founder of YogaBugs, which teaches children from the age of two to 12, was quoted by the Independent, as saying.

Karen Conroy, headmistress at Norfolk Lodge Nursery and Preparatory School in Barnet, north London, said teachers have found that yoga introduces ``a pocket of calm'' into classes. The school has adopted an approach that puts each yoga posture to music, named June's Yoga after founder June Rowlands. S (ANI)

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