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Pullout of mother and infant doing yoga 2. Wide shot of mother and baby yoga class 3. Wide shot of mothers and infants in yoga class 4. Medium shot of mothers doing Yoga with their children on lap 5....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLos Angeles, US, March 3, 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Pullout of mother and infant doing yoga \u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide shot of mother and baby yoga class \u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of mothers and infants in yoga class \u003cbr/\u003e4. Medium shot of mothers doing Yoga with their children on lap \u003cbr/\u003e5. Close up of Itsy Bitsy Yoga book \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid shot of mothers sitting and stretching \u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid shot of a mother doing yoga with her child on mat \u003cbr/\u003e8. Exterior of Yoga West studio\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of mothers swinging their babies \u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid shot of Helen Garabedian, founder and CEO of Itsy bitsy Yoga \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close up of DVD \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English), Helen Garabedian, founder of Itsy Bitsy Yoga \u003cbr/\u003e\"The benefits of yoga for children, better sleep, better digestion, it increases the parent child bond and it helps neuromuscular development. It's a great way to introduce a healthy lifestyle to young children, for parents too it's a great way for parents to meet other parents and feel confident and happy and healthy. \" \u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide of mothers and infants in a circle \u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid pan of mothers lifting infants \u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide pan of mothers doing Yoga \u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid shot tilt down of mother lifting baby on her knees \u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid shot of baby legs being rotated\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of mothers dancing with their infants \u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid shot of instructor stretching \u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid shot of  Khefri Riley sitting and meditating with baby \u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (English) Khefri Riley, Itsy Bitsy senior instructor and owner of Urban Goddess Yoga school \u003cbr/\u003e\" Yoga is nurturing for moms and babies because of the connection that it forms from the babies' heart to the mothers' heart, from the babies' breath to the mothers' breath, to the babies' spirit to the mothers' spirit. There is a science and technology that helps mothers and children connect and therefore that comes into their home life, into their work life, into their personal and family lives and so when mothers and babies do Yoga together it empowers the entire family.\" \u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide pan of mothers working out \u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid shot of instructor rocking baby\u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid shot of mother rocking baby \u003cbr/\u003e25. Pullout of baby asleep on mothers chest \u003cbr/\u003e26. Pullout mothers bouncing their infants \u003cbr/\u003e27. Khefri Riley, Itsy Bitsy senior instructor and owner of Urban Goddess Yoga school \u003cbr/\u003e\" Yoga for children helps strengthen their vestibular system and the Children's Center For Neuro Developmental Studies shows that by gentle rocking, moving and touching your baby and getting them back and forth up and down helps to strengthen their entire vestibular system, which in turns strengthens the development of their nervous system.\" \u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid shot pan of of mother playing with infant \u003cbr/\u003e29. Centres for Disease Control (CDC) website \u003cbr/\u003e30. Wide shot of mothers aching their backs \u003cbr/\u003e31. Mid shot of mothers bouncing infants on knees \u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide of mothers moving babies up and down \u003cbr/\u003e33. SOUNDBITE (English) Galit Levi, mother, (voxpop) \u003cbr/\u003e\"My child looks forward to it. You know we talk about it throughout the week. Oh we're going to yoga and he knows he's going to see his friends and he feels really comfortable when we're here. He's very calm and afterwards he always has really nice naps and he likes it. It's our, you know, our thing together.\" \u003cbr/\u003e34. Mid shot of mother Juliet Wright with baby \u003cbr/\u003e35. SOUNDBITE (English) Juliet Wright, mother (voxpop) \u003cbr/\u003e\"For us it's really been just calm and an ability to self-sooth, sleeping and napping. I noticed a marked difference after the first couple of times, we don't have to get up and rock her down and always kind of be the one soothing her, she's learned how to do that herself which has been wonderful, so I think for her and for us.\" \u003cbr/\u003e36. Set up Francine Lederer, mother \u003cbr/\u003e37. SOUNDBITE (English) Francine Lederer, mother \u003cbr/\u003e\" For first time mothers, it's a great support system. It's a great to get out and interact with other moms. For babies I think it's really good just to, just to visualise\"\u003cbr/\u003e38. Wide of mothers doing Yoga \u003cbr/\u003e39. Mid shot of paediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp sitting with mums \u003cbr/\u003e40. Dr. Harvey Karp's DVD \u003cbr/\u003e41. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Harvey Karp, paediatrician\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's a wonderful thing for developing good health in young children. What it can do is help teach them to be calm and when you can be calm you can think clearly, you can reduce the drama in your life and you can also be more resilient which means you bounce back from adversity faster.\" \u003cbr/\u003e42. Medium of baby lying on mat \u003cbr/\u003e43. Pullout of a baby bouncing on mothers knee \u003cbr/\u003e44. SOUNDBITE (English), Dr. Harvey Karp, paediatrician \u003cbr/\u003e\"The goal again is to have fun. That's really the opportunity so you can start with even a little baby, but this isn't about pushing the limit and trying harder and certainly you have to be very safe so you don't want to put any pressure on the babies head of neck. I think of yoga for young children kind of like the little league of yoga. Later on they will learn all the big poses and twists but early on you learn breathing, you learn to flow with the mother and the child and it helps to build that bond.\"\u003cbr/\u003e45. Mid shot of baby on mothers chest \u003cbr/\u003e46. Wide of mothers rocking babies\u003cbr/\u003eIt seems no age is too young to start exercising.\u003cbr/\u003eIn LA young mothers are being encouraged to take their babies to Itsy Bitsy Yoga classes.\u003cbr/\u003eClasses like this are becoming very popular in Hollywood.\u003cbr/\u003eItsy Bitsy Yoga groups have a programme which aims to teach parents to improve their motor skills, help them sleep better and ultimately, feel happier. \u003cbr/\u003eInstructors of Itsy Bitsy Yoga say it's important that more attention is paid to a baby's exercise and movement, especially as children are forced to spend so much time confined in cars, or in the home.\u003cbr/\u003eAt Yoga West in Los Angeles, parents spend an hour rocking, calming and bonding with their children to a variety of musical sounds. \u003cbr/\u003eItsy Bitsy's founder and Chief Executive Officer Helen Garabedian is a Hatha yoga and infant massage instructor. She became the first to be certified as an infant developmental movement educator. \u003cbr/\u003eShe wrote the Itsy Bitsy Yoga handbook and sells DVDs of the classes.\u003cbr/\u003eGarabedian says the Itsy Bitsy classes have many benefits for babies, including better sleep and digestion and neuromuscular development. \u003cbr/\u003eThey've grown so much in recent years that they are taught across the United States and a number of other countries.\u003cbr/\u003eGarabedian restricts her time to teaching other people to become Itsy Bitsy instructors, so they can open their own schools.\u003cbr/\u003eThe class involves over 150 poses, tailored to suit the physical needs of babies and toddlers.\u003cbr/\u003eKhefri Riley of Golden Goddess school is an Itsy Bitsy instructor in Los Angeles.\u003cbr/\u003eShe's convinced the classes help to form a connection between the mothers and children which, she believes, helps problems from post partum depression to motor skills.\u003cbr/\u003eSome parents are signing up for these classes in the hope that their children do not become another statistic in America's huge obesity problem.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obese children and teenagers are at risk of cardiovascular disease, including high blood pressure. \u003cbr/\u003eThey are also more likely to have high blood pressure, abnormal glucose tolerance, asthma, liver diseases, sleep problems and suffer from Type 2 Diabetes. \u003cbr/\u003eIn a sample of five to seventeen year olds, seventy per cent of obese children had at least one risk factor, thirty-nine per cent had two or more. \u003cbr/\u003eMother, Galit Levi, says she likes the class for its fitness benefits and the bonding aspect, while another mum, Juliet Wright ,says her child is able to soothe herself to sleep.\u003cbr/\u003eFrancine Lederer says she enjoys the opportunity of interacting with other moms and as well as improving her baby's ability to pay attention to 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