“Everybody grab a partner,” Caroline Clark, her blonde ponytail bobbing, said to the handful of fellow first-graders gathered around her.
“Double pretzel,” she instructed.
The girls, following her lead, twisted until they achieved the proper position.
While other Bright School first-graders swung on swings and played hide-and-seek on the hill above the school, the faithful handful of students, led by the energetic Caroline, practiced yoga during their playground time.
The independent school on Hixson Pike, under the leadership of teacher Denise Cooper, recently was awarded a $1,000 grant by Yoga Recess, a nonprofit national organization whose goal is to inspire the use of yoga in schools.