Richard Waters speaks with Jan Dugan and Jan Gudkovs, authors of a new book titled “The Focused Child — How Yoga Can Help You Raise Happy, Healthy, Contented Children”. In today’s society, with escalating rates of learning and concentration problems, mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, and physical health conditions like obesity and diabetes, the ancient science of Yoga has much to offer. Topics covered include:

- What motivated the authors to write their book.

- Contemporary causes of poor concentration.

- Importance of health, energy and vitality for concentration.

- Distractions to concentration from a Yoga perspective.

- Role of parents in helping children develop concentration.
Importance of healthy relationships.

- Positive factors which bring about a state of concentration.