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™ Just like adults, even children can be under a lot of
stress. The numerous school activities, peer-pressure
and homework can all up and cause kids some
stress.
™ Teaching Yoga to children can help them develop
better body awareness, self-control, flexibility and
coordination. Such skills can even be carried beyond
class and into their daily routines.
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™ Instead of staring at the board in front, the kids are
lying on the floor near their desks practicing yoga.
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™ According to fourth-grade teacher Elisabeth Beckwith, she
wanted her students at Fernbank Elementary School in
Decatur, Georgia, to pay attention to a lesson on Greek
mythology.
™ Linking the symbols of Greek gods to yoga poses, such as
dog position and the stork pose, Beckwith has high hopes
that the students will better retain the material and be re-
energized in the middle of the day.
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™ It's fun, said nine-year old Jack Besser. It gets out the
cramps after you've been sitting for an hour.
™ Another pupil, Medha Prakash, said that the yoga
drills help her to concentrate. It makes me feel calm,
relaxed and it gets all the stress out of me.
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™ Two years ago, Beckwith started offering yoga in the
classroom. with the help of other teachers at the
suburban Atlanta public school. YogaKids
International, an Indiana-based company, gives them
instructions and distributes teaching materials to
more than 50 schools around the country.
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™ These materials are large flash cards with kid-
friendly poses that are easy for the students to
imitate.
™ Teachers hole them up to show the kids and read
aloud the step-by-step instructions written on the
back of the flashcards.
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™ Deep breathing and basic yoga are taught to the
students at their desks, from kindergarten through
fifth grade, in order to cope with stress and anxiety
that may occur before taking tests.
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™ School guidance counselor June Neil has seen a
measurable difference among the students, such as
an improvement in test scores and test-taking skills
due to a decrease in stress level after yoga routines.
™ Neil added, You do need some down time... you do need
some way to express yourself and to reduce anxiety that
comes along with being in school.
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™ According to Dr. Andrew Weil, anxiety and stress are
some of the biggest reasons why young students get
sick at the start of the fall semester.
™ I think parents underestimate how stressful going back to
school is, he said. I think it's as stressful as a grown-up
starting a new job.
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™ Weil believes that stressed-out kids may complain of
stomach pain or a headache instead of dealing with a
stressful situation at school.
™ He recommends training children to do simple deep-
breathing techniques, just as adults do, to help with
stress management.
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