| Let's think about it: Being a kid these days is not what it | | | | time a child enters a Yoga class for kids, he or she |
| used to be. If you grew up watching "Leave it to | | | | can "close the door" on negative feelings that stress |
| Beaver," you cannot really relate to the current peer | | | | overload brings. Children who attend Yoga classes |
| pressure, multi-tasking, sub-par education programs, | | | | have one common thread: Their parents care about |
| and daily distractions that our children and grandchildren | | | | their well being. |
| accept as part of daily life. | | | | It is not easy for children to socialize with other "good |
| Family structure is not what it used to be either. Many | | | | kids," at a time when physical education, recess, |
| children live in single parent households. This has | | | | children's programs, manners, and social skills are being |
| become a painful fact of life for children to accept | | | | placed "on the back burner." Yet the structure of a |
| growing up without both of their parents. The family | | | | Yoga class allows children to bond, socialize, learn, and |
| unit has changed and parents need practical solutions | | | | improve their lives, with new life skills. |
| a lot more than criticism or a lecture. | | | | Yoga classes are usually non-competitive, but a parent |
| Peer pressure in school is much more than just drugs, | | | | can easily observe just to make sure. Competition is |
| cigarettes, and alcohol. Children are harassed by their | | | | everywhere, but there is no need for it in Yoga or any |
| peers, over every issue, including the clothes they | | | | form of Mind and Body health maintenance. |
| wear. These days, children are pressured into | | | | Lastly, Yoga has many benefits for both genders. |
| pretending they are rich or joining a gang. This causes | | | | Yoga is good for both boys and girls to learn. The |
| children more stress, at an early age, than they need. | | | | physical skills and knowledge will carry over into other |
| So, what is a caring parent to do? Kids Yoga is one | | | | hobbies and sports. Most of today's elite athletes learn |
| answer. Yoga classes for children offer a positive | | | | Yoga for cross training purposes. An athlete, who is |
| refuge from life outside the Yoga studio. Just by | | | | flexible, strong, and calm under fire, is a formidable |
| stretching muscles, deep breathing, laughing, getting | | | | opponent. This is the reason why so many of the |
| proper exercise, learning how to relax, meditating, and | | | | world's professional sports teams cross train their |
| playing "Yoga games," a child can be a kid again. | | | | players and teach them Yoga. |
| Kids Yoga allows a child to deal with daily stress. Each | | | | |