A yoga class for children with disabilities is expanding in response to what parents say is a growing need for recreation opportunities for their kids.

Gail Gagne has been offering a yoga program at the Glenwood Community Centre for children with developmental disabilities for the past year a program parents say was sorely needed.

Yoga for the Special Child currently has three children with autism and another with developmental challenges. Gagne rents space from the community centre for the classes.

Lisa Brunet brings her eight-year-old daughter Zora to the class.

Zora has a global developmental delay, low muscle tone and moderate hearing loss in her right ear, said Brunet.

But with the help of the class, Zoras motor skills are improving and shes a happier, healthier child.

Shes able to kind of run a little bit better, climb things, Brunet said.

Parent Leslie Candy said her 11-year-old son Justin has also seen benefits from the program.

Justin has autism and requires help to stay focused and socialize.

I think [the class] calms him a little bit, said Candy.

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Kyle Kurlick/Special to The Commercial Appeal Olivia Lomax (left) and Charlene Gaffney are the partners in the Delta Groove Yoga studio that will open April 1 in Overton Square. Besides yoga, massage and other healing arts, they will offer a Cosmic Coconut juice and snack shop and other boutique offerings.

When Give Yoga on Mendenhall closed in October, its teachers and devotees thought theyd all scatter to different places.

It was such a beautiful, tight-knit community, said Olivia Lomax, Give Yogas former managing partner.

But now, they are looking forward to working together again in a new business with expanded offerings.

It started in December, when Lomax was invited to participate in the two-week holiday pop-up market MemShop in Overton Square.

Lomax partnered with the organic juice and snack bar Cosmic Coconut, which has a storefront in Sanderlin Center, served juices and held yoga classes, and called it Cosmic Collective.

The response was impressive, she said.

I kept getting texts and e-mails about how wonderful MemShop was and would I teach there. They were constant and overwhelming, said Lomax, 35, of East Memphis.

During MemShop, Lomax was introduced to massage therapist Charlene Gaffney. I attended some of her classes, and she got some (massage) work. It was almost like we fell in love, said Gaffney, 32, of Midtown.

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The Royal baby is on its way and now we have learnt just how Kate Middleton is preparing for her imminent arrival: Yoga. Yep, reports have suggested that Kate has hired herself a personal trainer so that she can stay in shape throughout her pregnancy.

Kates fever for fitness is well known and shes been regularly spotted walking the dog she and Prince William share, Lupo but reports say that yoga instructor will visit the palace regularly to keep her overall levels of health up and her weight down over the coming months.

Of course, Kate wont be the first person to want to keep her baby weight in check even before the tiny tot is born, these ladies are exactly the same

Kim Kardashian: Hired a top trainer

Just like Kate Kim is five months pregnant and has been working with top LA trainer Tracey Anderson ever since she found out. Kanyes baby mamma has reportedly had to quell her workouts slightly though since a health scare last week.

Jessica Alba: Moderating her exercise

When Jessica was pregnant with Haven she worked with her regular trainer to moderate her workouts. She worked particularly on her core strength which allowed her to bounce back into shape quickly after her daughter was born.

Catherine Zeta Jones: A diet full of energy

Catherine revealed that when she was pregnant she really had to push herself to go to the gym and to keep up her yoga classes so stayed in shape by eating healthy high energy food. She admitted she had to cut out ice cream and chocolate which she adored rather you than us Catherine!

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Sydney, March 14 (ANI): A new form of yoga, nicknamed Troga, will be launching in Australia next week.

Developed by two Australians, Troga combines yoga and TRX - a form of resistance training using ropes and webbing, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Former Cronulla Sharks rugby league player, Ben Lucas, who's been a personal trainer for 13 years and Kate Kendall, who has been a yoga teacher for the past five years, created it.

Lucas said when he was training for a 100km ultramarathon in mid 2010 he was first suggested to try yoga help recover well.

After practicing yoga he said he went from not being able to touch his toes to making it an integral part of his training process.

On the hand while teaching Lucas yoga Kendall noticed how his training was affecting his yoga practice and making it stronger.

She recalled how the yoga was making Lucas more mobile and keeping him injury free.

Later they decided to set up Flow Athletic in Sydney's Paddington that will offer classes online for the rest of the nation.

They will offer Troga (TRX/yoga) and Bike-Asana (spin/yoga) classes. Spin/yoga is popular overseas with celebrities like Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Troga uses a system of ropes and webbing called a "suspension trainer" attached to the ceiling, it means the workout uses your own body weight as resistance.

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Dubai, Mar 14 (ANI): Stand-up Paddle yoga or SUP yoga as it is popularly known - the ancient Indian technique of body postures remodelled into a more advanced balancing act atop water is fast catching on in Abu Dhabi.

SUP yoga has already caught the imagination of the Western world and parts of Europe.

XPRESS caught up with a group of six woman practicing SUP yoga on their rickety paddleboards on the choppy waters of Abu Dhabi corniche at the Yacht and Sailing club.

The 90-minute session starts with a 15-minute warm-up as students use a six to seven foot paddle to propel themselves on the board, which is a little wider than the usual surfing board.

"This is a warm-up for their arms and legs. It also helps them get steady," Gulf News quoted Caludia Dos Santos, who doubles as a yoga instructor when she is not flying, as saying.

The 32-year-old from South Africa works as a cabin crew and introduced SUP a year ago in Abu Dhabi with the help of Taimeir Tim, a pilot with Etihad. (ANI)

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Flexible resistance ... Ben Lucas and Kate Kendall of Troga. Photo: Danielle Smith

Forget Hatha, Ashtanga or Bikram there's a new form of yoga in town, nicknamed Troga, and it was developed by two Australians.

Troga combines yoga and TRX - a form of resistance training using ropes and webbing. Launching in Australia next week, I was the first to give it a go.

It's creators are former Cronulla Sharks rugby league player, Ben Lucas, who's been a personal trainer for 13 years and Kate Kendall, who has been a yoga teacher for the past five years.

Kate Kendall demonstrates Troga. Photo: Danielle Smith

It might seem unusual that a former rugby player would also be into yoga. ''In mid 2010 I was training for a 100km ultramarathon and I wasn't recovering well, so it was suggested I try yoga,'' said Lucas. ''I went from not being able to touch my toes to making it an integral part of my training process.''

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''Benny was taking me for PT and I was teaching him yoga,'' said Kendall. ''I was noticing how his training was affecting my yoga practice and making it stronger. And the yoga was making him more mobile and keeping him injury free.''

Kendall laughs about their lightbulb moment. ''We thought 'this is a no-brainer'. No one is doing this. No one is providing this complete workout. You either do yoga classes or you go and train - you don't do the two,'' said Kendall.

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