Meditative Movement: Nixa Inman Intermediate School students learn basics of yoga (ccheadliner.com)
Downward-facing dog; extended side angle pose; high lunge: they’re learning it all. Teachers Rachel Dunlap and Shannon Petersen plan to give these pupils—from their own homeroom class—a year-long lesson in the techniques of yoga. The yoga lessons begin each morning after announcements and have taken place since the beginning of the school year only three weeks ago, Dunlap said. The teachers have already seen improvements in the students’ yoga performance, as well as in their concentration...