Nursery staff get focused on yoga

(Photograph) - Getting nursery nurses into the lotus position is all part of an innovative scheme for meeting staff needs at Westminster Children's Society. The community nursery group in London provides weekly staff yoga classes to help reduce stress, boost morale, and help staff keep fit, with hopes for a spin-off effect on staff retention and recruitment. June O'Sullivan, the Society's operations and training manager, said, 'We were concerned that our staff were under a lot of pressure at work. We already give them a lot of curriculum-based training but we wanted to help them look after themselves. We were...