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Around Annapolis: Yoga workshop inspires woman to help Cambodian kids

Source: The Capital Post Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:00:55

Suzanne Cary values her yoga practice for the calmness it brings to her mind.But lately, all she can think about are images of Cambodian children dressed in rags, picking through mountains of garbage for bits of metal that bring in a few cents a day, maybe enough for a bowl of rice.Those mental images have propelled the stay-at-home mother of three into action.The family's large, comfortable home in Annapolis Cove seems worlds away from the squalor and desperation faced every day by the children she's trying to help. According to the .... More »

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Yoga for kids: Fast and noisy, fun and healthy

Source: Portsmouth Herald Post Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:03:18

Amelia Tomassetti may be only 19 months old, but as soon as instructor Lisa Flynn called out the "tree pose," Amelia and many other toddlers in the room slowly drew one leg up at an angle to the other and then clasped their hands above their heads. "Last night in the kitchen she started singing 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,' and doing the poses," said mother Meredith Tomassetti of Nottingham.It's no surprise the young children remember the catchy tunes and the movements.Many begin as infants and toddlers with the ChildLight Yoga prog .... More »

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YOGA FOR KIDS

Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder Post Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:48:32

Cornwall Public Library is offering free Yoga lessons for children at the library with qualified Yoga instructors Shirley Warner and Kevin O'Rourke.This free program begins Saturday April 5 2008 and runs through May 31 2008. The sessions are from 10:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. Registration is required in the Children's department at no cost.Posted By pete dufour .... More »

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FREE YOGA FOR KIDS...and other library programs.

Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder Post Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:48:22

Cornwall Public Library is offering free Yoga lessons for children at the library this Spring as part of its busy and popular Children's array of Spring Programs.You can register right now for Yoga, Times For Two, and Kid's Corner. Other programs such as Twilight Tales, Chess and Le coin des petits are drop-in programs and require no registration. For more information on these and other programs and services available at the library for children, please telephone us at 613-932-4796. The library is located on the corner of Second and S .... More »

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Kids Using Yoga to Help Prepare for State Math Exam

Source: WSYR 9 Syracuse Post Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:27:29

Parents, have you noticed your kids acting a little anxious and nervous the last few days when heading to school? New York State's math testing for 3rd through 8th graders begins next week. Some classrooms have found a way to calm students nerves. Teachers are using yoga moves to reduce stress. According to the teachers, it seems to be working.If you look inside Cathy Weeks' class at Wheeler Elementary, you may think they are practicing how to duck and cover; instead, the fifth graders are trying to relax by doing the child's pose." I .... More »

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Yoga classes appeal to kids, pregnant women

Source: Ironwood Daily Globe Post Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:50:12

Two new yoga classes offer instruction for women during pregnancy and stretches for children.Kateri Kormann practiced yoga right up to the time she delivered her first baby last October. She's teaching a class for pregnant women.Laurie Kytola, a busy mother of 10- and 12-year-olds, discovered kids enjoyed yoga when she showed swimmers some stretches for their shoulders. She's teaching a weekly after-school session for children.Both women practice yoga at Northern Mind Yoga Studio, where they are teaching.Balancin .... More »

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Yoga helps kids to relax in school

Source: The Post-Standard Post Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:13:36

New program shows them how to breathe before tests and follow rules.When it's time for fifth-grader Paris Archung to take a test, she's learned to take "Bunny Breaths" to help herself stay calm and focus on the questions. It's a technique she's learned in yoga, which she's taking along with other fifth-graders at Wheeler School in Onondaga as part of an experimental program."If I'm nervous, taking the breaths helps me get rid of it," said Archung, 10. "Usually I get all jittery when I have to take a test, and this helps me relax a lot .... More »

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Yoga class a bit different for kids

Source: The Des Moines Register Post Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:17:31

Five children wobbled and strained to keep their balance during their first attempt at the tree yoga pose Saturday at the Urbandale Public Library. The children are taking part in a monthlong yoga class sponsored by Urbandale Parks and Recreation that has been designed specifically for kids.Instructor Patty Dornacker, who has been practicing yoga for more than 10 years, put an interactive twist on yoga to accommodate teaching children ages 5 to 12 basic yoga moves."There are lots of benefits in yoga," Dornacker said. "You become physi .... More »

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Relax Kids for Schools: free exercises for the classroom

Source: Calm Kids Yoga Post Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:04:35

Here are some Relax Kids exercises for you to try out in your classroom today.Sleepy StarfishLie down on your back with your legs and arms apart. Stay very still and imagine you are a sleepy starfish resting at the bottom of the ocean. Breathe in and as you breathe out relax you arms. Breathe in and as you breathe out relax your legs, breathe in and as you breathe out relax your head. See how still you can be at the bottom of the ocean, resting like a sleepy starfish. Repeat to yourself I am silent, I am silent...Squeeze and RelaxTake .... More »

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Bentonville Library To Introduce Kids To Yoga

Source: The Morning News Post Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:53:58

30-Minute Program Slated For SaturdayBENTONVILLE -- It's never too early to develop physical and mental strength.The Bentonville Public Library plans to introduce "Yoga for Kids" at 2 p.m. Saturday so children can start young on developing physical and mental strength, flexibility, concentration, confidence and self-esteem in a noncompetitive environment. "Yoga is about competing against yourself, saying 'I've reached this far, maybe I can go a little farther,'" said Amy Bradford, a mother of three in Bentonville who is leading the 30 .... More »

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Kids Yoga a success

Source: Marco Island Sun Times Post Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:00:55

Even with the blinds closed, the sunlight from the setting sun shines onto the children's faces as they close their eyes in meditation."OK, now it's time to relax and settle down, take deep breaths," Peggy Totten said to the kids at the end of her yoga class."Close your eyes and imagine someone you love very much and imagine them feeling that love," she added.Monday marked the last class of the first kids yoga series offered on Marco Island. Totten led the classes once-a-week on Mondays from 4:15 to 5 p.m. at Hands on Yoga Studio on .... More »

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Kids yoga class bends the body and mind

Source: The Oshkosh Northwestern Post Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:31:25

People have been studying the art of Yoga for centuries, starting in ancient India. Recently Sandy Kletti, a Yoga instructor for the Oshkosh Recreation Department, has decided to take the lessons and benefits of Yoga and teach it to kids between the ages of three and 15."In the yoga class for kids we make it more creative and imaginative," Kletti said. "Sometimes we use books, puzzles and sometimes an art project related to Yoga, it's more educational. "If we are standing in the tree pose we might be apple trees or cherry tries. We ju .... More »

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Yoga community salutes sun for Louie's Kids on Saturday

Source: The Post and Courier Post Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:22:10

The yoga community will gather for one good cause - Louie's Kids - from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Marion Square in Charleston for the fourth annual Salute the Sun for Kids Health yoga marathon.Participants in the "yoga-thon" will complete up to 108 sun salutations (a series of yoga positions) or up to 108 minutes of yoga, with sponsors donating money for each sun salutation or minute of yoga completed. Participants are asked to donate $20.Besides the yoga, there will be silent auction, healthy food from Whole Foods Market and The Squ .... More »

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Kids Learn Yoga in School

Source: WCTV Tallahassee Post Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:27:20

DECATUR, Georgia (CNN) - Fourth-grade teacher Elisabeth Beckwith wants her students at Fernbank Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia, to pay attention to a lesson on Greek mythology.Instead of staring at the board in the front of the classroom, the kids are lying on the floor near their desks practicing yoga."It's fun," said nine-year old Jack Besser. "It gets out the cramps after you've been sitting for an hour."Besser's classmate, Medha Prakash, says the yoga drills help her to concentrate."It makes me feel calm, relaxed and it get .... More »

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Kids use yoga to learn mythology, fight pre-test jitters

Source: CNN.com Post Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:35:32

DECATUR, Georgia (CNN) -- Fourth-grade teacher Elisabeth Beckwith wants her students at Fernbank Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia, to pay attention to a lesson on Greek mythology.Instead of staring at the board in the front of the classroom, the kids are lying on the floor near their desks practicing yoga. "It's fun," says 9-year old Jack Besser. "It gets out the cramps after you've been sitting for an hour." Besser's classmate Medha Prakash says the yoga drills help her to concentrate. "It makes me feel calm, relaxed and it gets .... More »

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