Yoga4Alex is an initiative offering free yoga classes to schoolchildren living in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra, with the goal of giving students the tools to cope with stress and anxiety, and to help them achieve focus in their schoolwork and everyday life
Smith performs a backbend at the Minerva secondary school. The class aims to bring the ancient Indian spiritual practice of Kundalini Yoga to the schoolchildren.
Minerva students try the upward facing dog.
Township resident and yoga teacher Sindiso Moyo demonstrates the plough pose. Moyo, who was born in Zimbabwe, is one of the five teachers being taught by Yoga4Alex.
Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA
Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA
Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA
Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA