My six year old son has just discovered that yoga is cool. This comes as a surprise to me since I have exposed this child to yoga in the womb and have tried mightily since birth to interest him in the practice, to no avail. So what finally captured his interest? Star Wars.

Yes, oddly enough, Yoda has turned him onto yoga. He has become an avid fan of Star Wars in the last few months, and he has apparently been practicing yoga in gym class at school. Somehow, he put the Force together with his personal experience of yoga. How did I hear about this amazing connection? He asked me to practice yoga the other night and told me that “Yoga is like using the Force, except more beautiful.”

How right he is.

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