PORT BURWELL - The young yogis are breathing through their noses, their toes pointed the right way and their energy focused.

Their fingers extended and their knees bent, they move into warrior pose as their teacher looks on, modelling the common yoga posture.

Focus on your fingertips. Concentrate, says Ian Hibbert, who is leading the class of four- five- and six-year-olds through their daily yoga class.

Breathing through your . . . he continues.

Nose, the pupils shout as they complete the pose.

Hibberts junior and senior kindergarten class at Port Burwell public school has been doing yoga for several months.

We started off learning two new poses a day and we worked up to about a dozen, and now weve just been working with those same 12, Hibbert says.

We do it usually five to 10 minutes a day, once a day. Yoga for kids has skyrocketed in popularity, with several London studios also offering classes for kids as young as four.

Those who teach kids say it has physical as well as mental benefits, particularly for kids living in an increasingly hurried and plugged-in world. Yoga allows them to take time out of their days to breath, relax and focus.

Hibbert learned about the benefits of yoga for kids from other teachers and decided to give it a try with his class. He bought a DVD that showed him the basics and began teaching his pupils.

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