Teach Yoga to Children, Just Make It Fun

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KERALA, INDIA, December 11, 2002: Mini Thapar, who studied yoga at Kerala’s Sivananda Ashram, has teamed up with TV actress, Nisha Singh, to develop a creative way of teaching both hatha and ashtanga yoga to young children. Thapar says, “Children have to be taught in a fun way, with stories interlaced and by presenting the experience as something interesting rather than a daily chore.” Nisha Singh adds, “Everything is done in a story format. We make it a creative process by weaving in stories with asanas.” The partners began by teaching the postures as animal postures and later added a story theme. Children in their classes range in age from 3-11 years. Thapar concludes, “In the humdrum of routine, we often lose sight of our body, but with yoga you can never go wrong.”