It's just another day in gym class, and 50 calm and focused sixth graders are breathing deeply in and out. They sit cross legged on colorful yoga mats, eyes closed and hands resting on their knees as soothing music plays in the background.
"Inhale slowly ... and exhale, and feel your body fill with all that wonderful air," says their physical education teacher, Rochelle Gladu Patten. "We know that yoga is a practice that brings your body and mind and heart all together," she tells them. "And that's what yoga means, to connect."
Every Tuesday and Thursday, students at Susan B. Anthony Middle School in Minneapolis spend 20 minutes practicing yoga poses in Patten's class. It's just one of many Minnesota schools embracing yoga as word spreads about its benefits for students.
By SARAH MORAN
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
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