Teach your children well. (snapshots).(Next Generation Yoga)

At 29 years old, Jodi Beth Komitor, founder of Next Generation Yoga in New York City and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga with Kids, sits--or rather stretches--at the helm of the only studio in the United States dedicated solely to the art of children's yoga.

The term "art" is well deserved. The studio itself is a fantastic gallery, with a Wizard of Oz-inspired yellow brick road floor pattern, sheer rainbow curtains, and nylon flowers and butterflies. "I wanted it to look like the scene where Dorothy steps into the Land of Oz," Komitor says.

In this fun atmosphere, children can lie on their bellies and pretend to swim or lead imaginary voyages to outer space. But beneath the fun and games, Komitor teaches some very valuable skills.

"Jodi stimulates these childrens' minds," says Ron Rubin, 39, who attends Next Generation's Daddy & Me classes with his 3-year-old daughter, Evan. The classes have sparked Evan's imagination. Not only does she spend more time gazing at clouds and searching for the animals and shapes that lurk within them, she's also able to maintain better concentration during swimming lessons by imagining pink elephants on the ceiling while ...