Child's play: Easy yoga exercises to teach your kids at home

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A toolbox to use in everyday life – that’s what Dublin-based Anna Walsh sees yoga doing for children. She teaches yoga on Zoom – predominantly primary but also pre-school - on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (See: Facebook Children's Yoga Dublin) 

“If you’re teaching children maths, you teach the times tables. If you’re teaching reading, you teach phonics. If you’re teaching yoga, you teach them how to take a big breath,” says the mum-of-two, who asks children at the outset when they find taking a breath hard.