Frightening images of babies as young as two weeks old being flung around a wacky therapists head have shocked millions around the world.<\/p>\nFrightening images of babies as young as two weeks old being flung around a wacky therapists head have shocked millions around the world.<\/p>\n
And now the Russian filmed spinning and somersaulting the babies by their wrists and ankles has confirmed she hopes to bring the craze to the UK. <\/p>\n
Lena Fokina can be seen flipping a baby over her head in her bizarre \u2018baby yoga\u2019 routine which has been banned from a number of websites for fear that it glorifies child abuse.<\/p>\n
Many viewers believed the moves must have been performed on dolls but the 51-year-old says they are definitely real babies and she has been practising the techniques for the past 30 years.<\/p>\n
Lena was tracked down at a seminar called \u2018Parenting the Deliberate Way\u2019 in Dahab, Egypt, where parents from across Europe were paying her to perform the same moves on their infants, some just months old. <\/p>\n
And while most of the babies were left screaming in tears or vomited during or after their session of \u2018baby dynamics\u2019, Lena insists it is for their benefit.<\/p>\n
The qualified PE teacher, said: \u2018It\u2019s very good for babies and not dangerous at all. Some babies cry at first, but they begin to enjoy it\u2019.
\n\u2018Most people think young babies can only lie on a bed, eat, and cry. But babies are born with natural reflexes, which we can use to help them develop physically and intellectually\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018I work with parents from across Europe. I hope soon I will be working with a family in England. I think there are a number of open-minded parents there whose babies could benefit from my work.\u2019 <\/p>\n
According to Lena, baby yoga was first practiced by ancient African tribes \u2013 but the modern incarnation was developed by fellow Russian Dr Igor Charkovsky, who was also present at the seminar.<\/p>\n
Lena, a mother-of-five and grandmother, does sessions that can last up to five minutes, during which babies are spun, swung and flipped, often by a single limb.
\nThe actions are performed on babies from a few weeks old up to around age two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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