Kiddie yoga helps combat obesity

A UK business that aims to get kids into yoga, YogaBugs, says the exercises can combat obesity and improve the health and wellbeing of young children. [Agencies]

Fenella Lindsell reckons she has struck a winning formula linking yoga poses to tales of astronauts, adventurers and animals to help combat obesity and improve the health and wellbeing of young children.

The concept is simple. Make yoga fun and take it into day care nurseries, parties, primary and junior schools for children from 30 months to 12 years.

With pose names like Dolphin, Eagle, Dragonfly, Crocodile, Elephant and Lion it is not hard to see how young children who are naturally supple and equally inquisitive catch on quickly.

"We didn't invent the names. That was done 5000 years ago by the yoga masters," said Lindsell, a qualified yoga teacher.

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