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Children do get stressed. If you dont know that yet, youre either never around kids, or you dont know your children well enough.

We live in a harried world. Parents are popping in and out of their childrens lives, while children try to cope with absentee moms or dads, excessive shyness, school pressure, competitive peers, and overbearing classmates. This blitzkrieg of influences may appear trivial to adults, but oftentimes, to children, they are not.

Kids Yoga, a 45-minute class designed specifically for children, may help kiddies navigate lifes challenges a little better. It teaches the little ones, for example, to breathe deeply if theyre upset.

We teach them how the breath affects how you feel. Bata pa lang, youre training them to be calm, to not be too aggressive, said the chirpy Bubbles Paraiso, model/actress turned certified yoga instructor for children.

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Paraiso earned her certification to teach Kids Yoga from Yogi Beans New York associate director of programs Jessica Noe. Noe was in the country to give a series of workshops at Beyond Yoga.

Beyond Yoga will offer Kids Yoga on June 14, 21 and 28 at its Greenhills branch (2/F Metro Pointe Center, P. Guevarra cor. N. Avenila Sts., San Juan City; tel. no. 0917-8143886). There will also be classes in the BGC Central branch (3/F C2 Building, 7th Ave. cor. 28th St., Taguig; tel. nos. 5533799 and 0917-6299642).

Flexibility

There are many benefits children can reap from yoga. It can strengthen them physically, mentally, emotionally and psychologically. They develop better coordination, and become mindful of themselves and their surroundings. It also promotes flexibility, and helps them maintain it as they grow up.

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