RICHMOND, Va. — Yoga instructor Joy Rush teaches kindergartners and first graders at Thales Academy in Richmond all about mindfulness.

“It’s so much fun. They get an opportunity to learn how yoga can be fun and also how it can teach them how to breathe and to self-regulate,” she said.

Those skills are always important, but even more so now that the COVID-19 pandemic turned many lives upside down.

“I literally see my kids and they are trying to