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yoga for kids
Yoga for kids is an excellent way for a child to exercise and has many other benefits for a child's health. Not every type of yoga can be used as yoga for children though. It must be taken into consideration that children's' bodies are still growing and cannot cope with the strenuous exercises of intense yoga sessions as it can affect both their bodies and minds. There are, however, a number of programs created especially for children who utilize the more gentle poses and breathing exercises from a number of different types of yoga . Yoga classes for children can be a very rewarding activity as it can help self-conscious children become more aware of the things they can do.
Yoga for kids can benefit children in a large number of ways, by improving physical and general health, mental health and to helping to treat specific illnesses and conditions. The most common benefits of yoga for children are related to maintaining a healthy body and fighting illnesses. Children's yoga may not be suitable for your child if it suffers from physical illnesses or physical defects
Fitness for Kids. With yoga, your child can bring the world inside to life and let his or her imagination free to come out. The easy poses of Yogasanas and easy-to-follow instruction of Yogic Techniques can increase your child's concentration with a sense of playfulness, freedom and imagination.
A Child's Way
Yoga with children offers many possibilities to exchange wisdom, share good times, and lay the foundation for a lifelong practice that will continue to deepen. All that's needed is a little flexibility on the adult's part because, as I quickly found out when I first started teaching the practice to preschoolers, yoga for children is quite different than yoga for adults.
Six years ago, I had my first experience teaching yoga to kids at a local Montessori school. I looked forward to the opportunity with confidence—after all, I'd been teaching yoga to adults for quite a while, had two young children of my own, and had taught creative writing for several years in various Los Angeles schools. But after two classes with a group of 3- to 6-year-olds, I had to seriously reevaluate my approach. I needed to learn to let go (the very practice I had been preaching for years) of my agenda and my expectations of what yoga is and is not.
When I began to honor the children's innate intelligence and tune in to how they were instructing me to instruct them, we began to co-create our classes. We used the yoga asanas as a springboard for exploration of many other areas—animal adaptations and behavior, music and playing instruments, storytelling, drawing—and our time together became a truly interdisciplinary approach to learning. Together we wove stories with our bodies and minds in a flow that could only happen in child's play.
Meditation and Relaxation for Children
Research shows that meditation and relaxation enhance children’s learning abilities and calm behavior problems. Children need these skills more than ever for mental and physical health and to balance their busy lives. Learn to use the power of imagery and story with the body with simple meditation and relaxation techniques, including yoga nidra, sleep yoga.
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