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@Regrann from @afrogirlfitness - 11-year-old @tabayatkins is America’s youngest #yoga teacher, and his purpose is giving back. After his mother beat cancer when he was just 6, Tabay picked up @yoga realizing the practice that helped his mom heal could make a difference for others. Once he completed a 200-hour teacher training, Tabay began teaching three free classes (donations appreciated) every week. Now, students of all ages flock to his studio to honor the divine spirit in him -- and themselves.Via: @17thsoulja5 - . . . . #yogateacher #yogi #fitness #health #care4yoga #yogateacher #afrogirlfitness - #regrann

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#Repost @60secdocs (@get_repost) ・・・ 11-year-old @tabayatkins is America’s youngest #yoga teacher, and his purpose is giving back. After his mother beat cancer when he was just 6, Tabay picked up @yoga realizing the practice that helped his mom heal could make a difference for others. Once he completed a 200-hour teacher training, Tabay began teaching three free classes (donations appreciated) every week. Now, students of all ages flock to his studio to honor the divine spirit in him -- and themselves. . . . . #yogateacher #yogi #fitness #health #care4yoga #yogateacher #myyogalife

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#Repost @60secdocs (@get_repost) ・・・ 11-year-old @tabayatkins is America’s youngest #yoga teacher, and his purpose is giving back. After his mother beat cancer when he was just 6, Tabay picked up @yoga realizing the practice that helped his mom heal could make a difference for others. Once he completed a 200-hour teacher training, Tabay began teaching three free classes (donations appreciated) every week. Now, students of all ages flock to his studio to honor the divine spirit in him -- and themselves. . . . . #yogateacher #yogi #fitness #health #care4yoga #yogateacher #myyogalife

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I want to take his class! #Repost @melanin_yoga (@get_repost) ・・・ Tabay is the youngest certified yoga instructor in the US—having completed his 200-hour yoga instructor certification course when he was 10 years old. ✨ @tabayatkins ✨ #memorialday #care4yoga #tabayatkinsyoga #yoga #yogi #yogini #givingback #namaste #youngestyogateacherinamerica #igyogacommunity #yogalife #yogajourney #yogaeverywhere #namaste #melaninandyogababies #melaninandyoga

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11-Year-Old Tabay Atkins is Now the Youngest Certified Yoga Teacher in the US

When Sahel Anvarinejad was battling cancer (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma) in 2012, her son, Tabay Atkins, watched as she bravely fought cancer and saw how her yoga practice helped her during recovery.   Fast forward to 2017, Sahel is now a cancer-free yoga teacher and studio owner, and her now 11-year-old son Tabay is the youngest certified yoga instructor in the US—having completed his 200-hour yoga instructor certification course when he was 10 years old.

A Family of Yoga-Lovers

Credit: The OCR / Jeff Antenore

In 2012, when Sahel lost her hair because of chemo and was having difficulties walking on her own, she still continued her yoga practice and training. This is what inspired Tabay to pursue the practice of yoga, and eventually teach—he saw how yoga helped his mother heal not just physically, but also mentally.

According to an article on The Orange County Register by Fred Swegles, the then 6-year-old Tabay would sometimes go with his mom during her teacher training where he was able to quickly pick up the flow.

Even his father and former NFL linebacker, Larry Atkins, has also started practicing yoga because of the positive changes he’s seen not just in Tabay, but also in his own practice.

After Sahel got certified in 2013, she opened Care4Yoga in San Clemente, California—her own yoga studio where Tabay would often help out during her classes.

Becoming the Youngest Certified Yoga Teacher

Credit: The OCR / Jeff Antenore Ð

When Tabay finished fifth grade, Sahel offered him one of two options: a summer vacation in Europe or a 200-hour yoga instructor certification course in LA. Tabay chose yoga.

With the knowledge and insight he’s gained from tagging along during his mom’s training, and assisting in her classes at their yoga studio, getting the 200-hour certification seemed to be all Tabay needed to finally teach and lead his own classes.

Today, Tabay teaches donation-based classes at Care4Yoga thrice a week, and ALL the proceeds go to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, to various charities that the Atkins family chooses, and to families they know that need help in their battles against cancer.

Image credit: The Orange County Register

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This 11-Year-Old Is One Of The Youngest Certified Yoga Teachers In America

Tabay Atkins is one of the youngest certified yoga instructors in the country. He received the first of his four yoga certifications just a week before his 11th birthday last August.

HuffPost spoke Wednesday with Tabay and his mom, Sahel Anvarinejad, whose battle with cancer first inspired Tabay to get involved with the practice. 

Tabay, who is currently on a working vacay in Maui, Hawaii, with his family, was just 6 years old when his mother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 

In 2012, just two weeks after Anvarinejad’s recovery from the disease ― which hampered her ability to walk, among other setbacks ― she began to turn to yoga to aid in her physical healing. She was so enamored by the practice that she began to teach yoga herself, eventually opening her own kids’ yoga studio, Care4Yoga, that same year. 

When Tabay realized the restorative powers of the practice and his mother’s love for it, he wanted to get involved. 

“When my mom started yoga, I saw how much it was helping her heal,” Tabay told HuffPost. “I decided that I wanted to teach yoga so I could help others heal the way yoga helps heal my mom.”

So Anvarinejad began letting Tabay, who remained by his mother’s side throughout her illness, practice yoga alongside her.

Eventually, he decided to get his own certification, the first of which was a 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga license, which he puts to use at his mother’s studio.

Not only did Tabay become one of the country’s youngest yoga teachers, he’s also one of the most charitable. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the three to four weekly classes he teaches ― to both kids and adults ― benefit kids with cancer.

Naturally, his mama couldn’t be prouder. 

“Not only is he the youngest [teacher] but he’s so selfless by wanting to just help people,” Anvarinejad said. “In all his classes, people are so touched and inspired by him [wanting] to give all of the money he makes at the yoga studio to kids with cancer. [It’s] a very special, very beautiful thing.”

Those who have or have had cancer are able to attend Anvarinejad’s or Tabay’s yoga classes free of charge.

“I think yoga will help make the world a better place,” Tabay said. “Not just the physical part, but every part of it.”

He’s so passionate about yoga, in fact, that he made sure to promote the practice before our conversation came to an end.

“I always tell people that there’s no judgment in yoga and yoga is for everyone,” Tabay quipped. 

He even had a rebuttal ready for any excuses we might conjure up. 

“Sometimes people say that they’re not flexible enough for yoga and I tell them that’s like saying you’re too dirty to take a bath,” he said. 

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This 11-Year-Old Is One Of The Youngest Certified Yoga Teachers In America

Tabay Atkins is one of the youngest certified yoga instructors in the country. He received the first of his four yoga certifications just a week before his 11th birthday last August.

HuffPost spoke Wednesday with Tabay and his mom, Sahel Anvarinejad, whose battle with cancer first inspired Tabay to get involved with the practice. 

Tabay, who is currently on a working vacay in Maui, Hawaii, with his family, was just 6 years old when his mother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 

In 2012, just two weeks after Anvarinejad’s recovery from the disease ― which hampered her ability to walk, among other setbacks ― she began to turn to yoga to aid in her physical healing. She was so enamored by the practice that she began to teach yoga herself, eventually opening her own kids’ yoga studio, Care4Yoga, that same year. 

When Tabay realized the restorative powers of the practice and his mother’s love for it, he wanted to get involved. 

“When my mom started yoga, I saw how much it was helping her heal,” Tabay told HuffPost. “I decided that I wanted to teach yoga so I could help others heal the way yoga helps heal my mom.”

So Anvarinejad began letting Tabay, who remained by his mother’s side throughout her illness, practice yoga alongside her.

Eventually, he decided to get his own certification, the first of which was a 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga license, which he puts to use at his mother’s studio.

Not only did Tabay become one of the country’s youngest yoga teachers, he’s also one of the most charitable. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the three to four weekly classes he teaches ― to both kids and adults ― benefit kids with cancer.

Naturally, his mama couldn’t be prouder. 

“Not only is he the youngest [teacher] but he’s so selfless by wanting to just help people,” Anvarinejad said. “In all his classes, people are so touched and inspired by him [wanting] to give all of the money he makes at the yoga studio to kids with cancer. [It’s] a very special, very beautiful thing.”

Those who have or have had cancer are able to attend Anvarinejad’s or Tabay’s yoga classes free of charge.

“I think yoga will help make the world a better place,” Tabay said. “Not just the physical part, but every part of it.”

He’s so passionate about yoga, in fact, that he made sure to promote the practice before our conversation came to an end.

“I always tell people that there’s no judgment in yoga and yoga is for everyone,” Tabay quipped. 

He even had a rebuttal ready for any excuses we might conjure up. 

“Sometimes people say that they’re not flexible enough for yoga and I tell them that’s like saying you’re too dirty to take a bath,” he said. 

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This 11-Year-Old Is One Of The Youngest Certified Yoga Teachers In America

Tabay Atkins is one of the youngest certified yoga instructors in the country. He received the first of his four yoga certifications just a week before his 11th birthday last August.

HuffPost spoke Wednesday with Tabay and his mom, Sahel Anvarinejad, whose battle with cancer first inspired Tabay to get involved with the practice. 

Tabay, who is currently on a working vacay in Maui, Hawaii, with his family, was just 6 years old when his mother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 

In 2012, just two weeks after Anvarinejad’s recovery from the disease ― which hampered her ability to walk, among other setbacks ― she began to turn to yoga to aid in her physical healing. She was so enamored by the practice that she began to teach yoga herself, eventually opening her own kids’ yoga studio, Care4Yoga, that same year. 

When Tabay realized the restorative powers of the practice and his mother’s love for it, he wanted to get involved. 

“When my mom started yoga, I saw how much it was helping her heal,” Tabay told HuffPost. “I decided that I wanted to teach yoga so I could help others heal the way yoga helps heal my mom.”

So Anvarinejad began letting Tabay, who remained by his mother’s side throughout her illness, practice yoga alongside her.

Eventually, he decided to get his own certification, the first of which was a 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga license, which he puts to use at his mother’s studio.

Not only did Tabay become one of the country’s youngest yoga teachers, he’s also one of the most charitable. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the three to four weekly classes he teaches ― to both kids and adults ― benefit kids with cancer.

Naturally, his mama couldn’t be prouder. 

“Not only is he the youngest [teacher] but he’s so selfless by wanting to just help people,” Anvarinejad said. “In all his classes, people are so touched and inspired by him [wanting] to give all of the money he makes at the yoga studio to kids with cancer. [It’s] a very special, very beautiful thing.”

Those who have or have had cancer are able to attend Anvarinejad’s or Tabay’s yoga classes free of charge.

“I think yoga will help make the world a better place,” Tabay said. “Not just the physical part, but every part of it.”

He’s so passionate about yoga, in fact, that he made sure to promote the practice before our conversation came to an end.

“I always tell people that there’s no judgment in yoga and yoga is for everyone,” Tabay quipped. 

He even had a rebuttal ready for any excuses we might conjure up. 

“Sometimes people say that they’re not flexible enough for yoga and I tell them that’s like saying you’re too dirty to take a bath,” he said. 

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