Stretching and strengthening yoga poses for sporty children.

1.  Easy Sitting Pose.  Here the child can focus on their breathe and centre themselves for the yoga they will begin. Bringing their arms down through the centre of their chest and resting on legs.
2. From seated pose, soles together and move into 'Baddha Konasana: Bound Angle Pose.
Keep back straight as you breathe into pose and tighten stomach and chest.
3. Standing in Mountain Pose exhale and let the arms fall backward by relaxing shoulders.  Concentrate on exhaling.
4. Stomach Lift: Lift the knees up and keep balance on the elbows and hold stomach tight.  Look down at toes and breathe for 8 counts or as much as you can do. You need to be strong to manage this one.
5. The locust:  Probably better to try this one before stomach lift. Exhale and lift arms and legs off the floor.
6. Take a rest in Corpse pose.
7. Full Forward Bend pose. Only as far as you can go, breathing all the time without bending legs.
8. Bow pose: If you can lift your upper body from the floor and take four breathes.  If this is too hard, inhale and only lift feet up to buttocks.