Yoga for Kids

With a childhood obesity epidemic on our hands, it’s apparent that kids aren’t getting the exercise they need to stay healthy. Here are some simple, straightforward ways to get your kids off their seats and onto the playground.

Bidyut K. Bose runs an organization called Niroga, offering classes to approximately 2,000 young people a week at homeless centers, juvenile halls, group homes and low-resource schools around the Bay Area.

Depression is a serious illness—it can kill. Treatment for depression is therefore vital. However, addressing and treating depression in young people comes with an extra level of complexity. Because the adolescent brain physiology differs from that of mature adults, children’s brains respond to antidepressants differently—and in some cases, fatally.