Mind and Body: Children, parents learn calming benefits of yoga
Small children stretched themselves into tiny pretzels as yoga instructor Rachel Dzagulones led the youngsters in learning the “happy baby” stretch Thursday morning at the Butler YMCA.
The children, ages 2 to 5, laid on their backs, grabbing their feet and rolling back and forth on purple yoga mats, all with the help of their mothers nearby.
It's all part of one of the latest programs added at the Butler YMCA in which area mothers can bring their preschoolers to learn yoga stretches and breathing techniques.
The classes started last fall after Dzagulones saw the impact yoga has had on her life and her family.
She originally started doing yoga for the health benefits and soon became an instructor, teaching classes at the YMCA and bringing the lessons home to her children.
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