Kids are naturals when it comes to yoga: Ask them to stand tall like a tree, slither like a snake or curl up like a kitty, and they will naturally assume the poses that followers of yoga have been ...

Sitting cross-legged in a crooked circle, 10 squirming preschoolers and their parents listen intently as yoga teacher Kira Willey of Bethlehem tells them to roll their heads and stick out their ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Teachers and parents — adults of all kinds — are quick to tell kids to “Calm down.” Apart from the fact that many adults would have a hard time recalling a time of peacefulness, ...

“When I feel small in a world so big…I tell my racing breath: be slow. I close my eyes and make room in my mind, in my heart to create and imagine,” reads the children’s book “I am Yoga” by Susan ...

Scientific evidence is mounting daily for what many have long sensed: that practices like mindfulness, meditation, and yoga can help us address certain intractable individual and societal problems.

An innovative online yoga class is being trialled for children with autism, with researchers hoping to find a cost-effective ...

Is teaching yoga to kids a form of religious indoctrination? About a month ago, a California judge ruled that yoga could be taught in the Encinitas Union School District without violating the ...

I’m a yoga teacher. I’m also the mom of two boys — 8-year-old Jules and 6-year-old Kai. I wish I could say the convergence of these roles means that every night I lead our family through thoughtful ...