Williams 'to open single mum yoga centre'

Michelle Williams has explained why she chose to co-found the Yoga for Single Mums Project.

The Blue Valentine actress has credited yoga with helping her to cope with the stress of losing former partner and father of 5-year-old daughter Matilda, Heath Ledger, after the actor died following an accidental overdose in January 2008.

Williams told Marie Clare: "Yoga gave me relief like nothing else; it made be a better person and a better mother.

"I could come back to my daughter anew. And then I started to think about how expensive it is to get a babysitter to take a yoga class, which makes it out of reach for so many women.

"The idea behind the programme is that if you can clear the time, we do the rest. It provides childcare while the mum is in the yoga class, and it's all free."

A pilot programme for Yoga for Single Mums is due to be launched in Boston, MS.