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டெக்ஸாஸ் மாநிலத்தில் மேலும் மேலும் அதிகமான சிறார்கள் யோகாவை கற்றுக்கொள்கிறார்கள். பெற்றோர்களும் யோகாவில் குழந்தைகளை சேர்ப்பதை ஆர்வத்துடன் செய்கிறார்கள்.

மனவியல் மருத்துவர்கள் பிரச்னைகள் உள்ள பல குழந்தைகளுக்கு யோகாவை பரிந்துரை செய்கிறார்கள்.

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Younger Generation Turning To Yoga Classes
POSTED: 3:43 pm CDT June 29, 2007
UPDATED: 5:49 pm CDT June 29, 2007


DALLAS -- A much younger generation has found a new way to exercise -- yoga classes. Parents say it has helped their children in their commitment to be fit. For one boy, it has served as an alternative to medication.

Jake Ferguson, 11, is taking yoga mixed with other focus-enhancing exercises in an attempt to overcome occasionally severe anxiety, and the focusing and breathing is working.

He and his mom credit instructor Jeff Farrell for the success.


Farrell has studied all over the world, and taught at Yale University and for the French government. He said yoga, tailor-made for individual kids, can improve focus, control breathing and reduce anxiety, and said the skills don't stay in the studio.

"They have the tools to take this to school, to take this with interaction with friends, with their own personal decisions," Farrell said.

Jake’s mom, Liz, first took him to a psychiatrist, who wanted to put him on medication. That made her nervous.

"I didn't want him to change his personality, very outgoing has lots of personality," she said.

So far, Jake is doing great and looks forward to yoga almost as much as basketball -- a result that has Farrell convinced that yoga can be a good alternative to a pill for kids.

"Oh, this is the future," Jake said.