| Yoga for kids? Absolutely! A centuries old practice, | | | | weight loss, flexibility, concentration and strength, but |
| yoga has been recognized as an required practice for | | | | yoga also assists with more kid specific issues. Case |
| physical and mental health. The benefits of yoga are | | | | in point, yoga has been show to be helpful with |
| numerous. Why shouldn't our children share in these | | | | hyperactivity and attention deficit disorders in children. |
| benefits as well? Our kids can adopt this practice | | | | Yoga provides the motor and sensory stimulation that |
| immediately which leads to improved flexibility, | | | | kids need. Practicing yoga at an early age allows kids |
| coordination, increased strength, enhanced | | | | to develop self-esteem and improved body |
| concentration and stress relief, which will result in a | | | | awareness. Since yoga is noncompetitive, it fosters a |
| lifetime of benefits for them! Kids are NOT just small | | | | sense of cooperation and compassion, instead of |
| adults, contrary to what many may believe. You have | | | | competition. This results in a more caring and giving kid. |
| to use a different approach... a different setting. | | | | Yoga For Kids at Home |
| Yoga - Kid Style | | | | As with adults, the benefits of yoga can absolutely be |
| Your kids may have difficulty doing the normal yoga | | | | brought home for your kids to enjoy! The main |
| poses the way they're supposed to, but they can still | | | | obstacle, as with most child activities, is keeping their |
| benefit from the practice of yoga. Yoga for kids has | | | | attention. However, as I said, if you integrate animal |
| to be entertaining and fun simultaneously! Yes, the | | | | movements and sounds, games and songs, they will |
| normal asanas are the framework, but to keep the | | | | stay engaged you will keep their attention! After all, |
| kids having fun the resulting postures are more | | | | kids love to make sounds and move around, and yoga |
| interpretive in nature. There are classes starting up for | | | | lends itself to both. Don't be too critical as they find |
| kids nationally. They deal with this "fun" requirement by | | | | their way through the series of poses. Don't get mad, if |
| incorporating music, storytelling, games, animal | | | | they aren't performing them perfectly. Instead, allow |
| references, arts and crafts. Classes are offered for | | | | this to be an exercise of self discovery with your |
| kids as young as toddlers! Just be sure the teacher | | | | guidance. |
| has the requisite training to teach children. | | | | Yoga fro kids is in many ways superior to yoga for |
| Special Benefits To Kids | | | | adults. Why not begin your kids walk down this lifetime |
| As I said before, the benefits of yoga for adults are | | | | road of self-discovery and self-improvement now |
| well known, but the benefits of yoga for kids go far | | | | versus later, and the benefits they experience will |
| beyond those that adults realize. Yes, it can support | | | | increase exponentially! |