Yoga for Children

Children live in a hectic world of busy parents, school pressures, school lessons, video games, computers, socializing and competitive sports. All of these activities can be very stressful for our children.

Yoga can help counter these pressures. Children can navigate through life's challenges more easily if they learn techniques for self-health, relaxation, and inner fulfillment. Yoga at an early age encourages self-esteem and body awareness with a physical activity that's noncompetitive. It is a wonderful gift to offer these children physical activities of cooperation and compassion—instead of opposition.

Children derive enormous benefits from yoga. Physically, it enhances their flexibility, strength, balance, coordination, relaxation and body awareness. In addition, their concentration and sense of calmness improves. Doing yoga, children exercise, play, and connect with that inner light that all children have.

Yoga helps tone the body and relax the mind. Through various postures and breathing, bones are brought into alignment and muscles are strengthened, stretched and relaxed. This process oxygenates the blood helping to tone the nervous system, improve circulation, promote flexibility and release tension.

According to an article in Yoga Journal titled “Yoga for Kids” by Marsha Weaning,
“Yoga enhances their flexibility, strength, coordination, and body awareness. In addition, their concentration and sense of calmness and relaxation improves. Doing yoga, children exercise, play, connect more deeply with the inner self, and develop an intimate relationship with the natural world that surrounds them.”

Some of the benefits of yoga for children include:

Body

Mind

Spirit