For Papiya Pal, a daily yoga practice was something she adopted in 2010 when she got pregnant and after, just as a form of exercise she could be consistent at, at home. Her daughter, Arpita, started copying her movements at age two, but it was only at age four, that she realised Arpita had a knack for it. "I could see that her body was conducive to doing yoga poses. Her body was structured in such a way that she was adapting to yoga beautifully. So, I started nudging her into it," says the Pune resident, also the founder of the Children, Art and Nature group, which tries to educate children about the environment through art. As Pal points out, that unlike 20 years ago, where kids had plenty of open spaces to play in and hence never thought of "exercise", these days, the habit of exercising is one that the parent has to actively introduce into their child's life.

"Now at the age of nine, Arpita is also training in endurance swimming, and is great at gymnastics, because of her yoga foundation. We do yoga for 45 minutes every day, and she is working on some tough postures these days. Her current focus is on holding a posture for long. She is currently trying to master the head stand, but loves showing off her splits," says the 44-year-old proud mother.