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"I am happy to be me." A group of sixth grade Ridgewood girls repeated these six simple but empowering words at a very special yoga class held at Flow Yoga Studio in Ho-Ho-Kus recently. Yoga instructor Karen Dillon was using the power of this age-old practice to help teach these middle schoolers how to turn inward to accept themselves for who they are, just the way they are. The class, a Mother/Daughter fundraising event, benefited Yogis Heart, an organization started by Ridgewood teacher Trella Dolgin, which offers yoga scholarships to young adults in financial need.

Yoga's mind/body/spirit connection makes it the perfect activity for pre-teens starting to feel the social pressures of both making friends and making the right choices. "Kids have so many more pressures growing up than we did," says Karen Dillon. "I have such empathy for them and in my class I want them to know truly and simply that they are OK just the way they are." The yoga practice Karen uses teaches mindfulness, she says. "In each of my classes I reinforce the idea of allowing yoga to help you be aware of your thoughts and to be mindful of your attitude and actions." And at this age, she says, it can help them navigate through an awkward and confusing time. "I teach them to come to their yoga mat for comfort, peace and strength. I create a safe space for my students to turn inward and be themselves, to not pretend and to not feel any pressures."

"I like yoga because it clears and relaxes my body and mind," says Julia Kelly, 6th grade.

The Mother/Daughter class was organized by Ridgewood's Lori Colin, who along with her husband David is a partner at Flow and a sixth grade mom as well. Also in attendance were Trella Dolgin from Yogis Heart and Bianca Valentini, 20, a scholarship recipient from Asbury Park.

"At this age they're starting to pull away from us," says Lori. "And I thought this class would be a great opportunity to turn off social media, log off of Instagram and learn some poses with their moms and their friends." The event raised money for future scholarships for Yogis Heart.

"Yoga gives me time to relax," says Danielle Poole, 6th grade.

Trella, a 6th grade science teacher at Benjamin Franklin Middle School and a yoga teacher herself, sees firsthand how pre-teens and teenagers, especially girls, often view themselves as less than perfect. "I see it every day at school. They sit in class, looking at everyone else thinking they must have it all together, when in reality everyone in the room is thinking the same thing about themselves." Seeing them struggle through high school and then with the pressures of college and knowing how yoga changed her own life, Trella helped form Yogis Heart, which provides yearly unlimited yoga scholarships to young people between the ages of 15 and 25 who want to practice yoga but need financial assistance. "Yoga helps you focus, it helps with stress and the pressures young people are dealing with," she says. "It transformed my life."

"Yoga showed me how to concentrate on letting all of the bad thoughts leave my head and I got to do it with my friends around," says Zoe Kay, 6th grade.

The goal that day was to let the girls have fun, give them some important tools and teach them that giving back to the community benefits everyone. But best of all is learning the empowerment that yoga brings, says Trella: "'When I move my body on my mat it's my place and I'm perfect exactly as I am, I'm OK in my body and I'm proud to be me just as I am.' That's something yoga automatically does. It's amazing."

"I like yoga because it inspires me to be better," says Cristina Formichella, 6th grade.

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What comes to mind when you think of yoga? Probably pretzel shaped humans, twisted into crazy positions who appear to defy gravity. Or maybe a wild-haired, om-chanting hippie covered in jingly jewelery? Or possibly a lean, muscular, protein-fueled, exercise junkie? Well, just as there are many of those who do fit the stereotypes, there are just as many who simply practice yoga for the vitality, flexibility and peace of mind it brings.

Just as there are misconceptions about the people who practice yoga, the true purpose of yoga is also widely unknown. Yes, the practice/art form is bending, stretching and holding odd looking poses with equally odd sounding names. Although, what you are missing out on by only judging the cover, are all the subtleties that unfold and reveal themselves to the practitioner who regularly takes time to hit the mat. Subtleties such as actually feeling the breath flowing through your body, not just rushing through each inhale and exhale taking the miracle of breathing for granted. Or that glorious moment when that cue your instructor has been repeating class after class, finally clicks in your body and your mind and you simply understand.

When I encourage people to give yoga a try, I usually get one of two responses: Im not flexible, or even more popular, I cant shut my brain off. I chuckle inside when I hear these excuses because those are exactly the things yoga is for! Yoga encompasses mind, body and spirit. Every person struggles with something from one of those categories , or if you are like me, probably something from each.

My biggest struggle in yoga would definitely be in meditation, or the mental portion of yoga. My brain runs a mile a minute on a normal day, and I often suffer from anxiety. So when it was announced that a swami from the renowned Shambhava school in Colorado was going to visit us and give several workshops, one of which focused on meditation and the nurturing side of yoga, I jumped at the chance. Swami Devananda was everything you would expect from a yoga master. She had such a warm, calming demeanor. Her voice was soft and melodic, and as she talked us through the meditation portion, I could feel any reservations I had melting away. Normally when I practice meditation, I tense up from the idea of having to remain still. The swami allowed us the time to become as comfortable as we needed to be in a seated position. Between periods of silence, she encouraged us to calm our busy minds by thinking of things that made us happy: friends, family, flowers in the sunshine or lying on the beach listening to the waves breaking. Normally spending an hour meditating would sound like torture, but with Swami Devananda guiding me, I was so calm and relaxed I almost fell asleep a couple of times.

If you are like me and suffer from an overactive mind and would like to learn how to quiet the endless river of thoughts, I highly suggest guided meditation. Several studios including my own, Sri Yantra Yoga, has classes specifically for meditation. This Saturday, April 13, from 3 to 5pm at Sri Yantra, Swami Devananda will be leading another yoga and meditation workshop.

So if youve been tossing around the idea of jumping on the yoga bandwagon, just remember that yoga is for everyone and its not all about the crazy twisty, upside poses.

Until next time, savor a breath or two.

Namaste.

Bethany Traynor is a yoga instructor, longtime dancer and resident of Chartiers Township. She teaches Hatha yoga at Sri Yantra Yoga Studio in Houston.

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The police force in Nepal has introduced yoga lessons in an effort to slim down some of its heavier members.

Officers at the Kathmandu HQ said they were concerned some staff were becoming too fat to carry out their duties.

Obesity is an issue for many of Nepal's male and female officers who, once qualified, often forego the daily physical exercise they had to take to qualify for the force.

Many get almost no exercise while working, as their jobs are desk-based.

Added to this is the popularity of eating large servings of white rice with every meal, as well as sweets loaded with sugar and milk.

Police spokesman Keshav Adhikari said almost all police stations in Nepal would start offering yoga to their staff.

"The police have become inactive because of unnecessary development of their body," he said.

Yoga classes have already begun in both Kathmandu and the east of the country.

In the eastern district of Jhapa, more than 70 police officers and constables have been enrolled in a three-week yoga camp.

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