Name: Yoga for foster carers
Summary: Free yoga sessions help foster carers to take time out for themselves, giving them fresh perspectives to be better at setting a good example to children in their care
"It's important that foster carers are able to manage their own emotions so that they can teach young people through the way they live," says freelance fostering consultant Andrea Warman.
That's why she has just delivered a pilot project that saw a group of foster carers in Kent take part in a series of free yoga sessions.
Yoga teacher to the stars Liz Lark, whose famous alumni include Hollywood actors Alan Rickman and Ralph Fiennes, led the classes at a centre in Kent run by independent fostering agency ISP.
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