Does it seem difficult to get your child to keep still, silent and focused on one of the yoga positions? Surely many parents seem almost impossible, but the truth is that yoga practice will show you that anything is possible. It all depends on the motivation, patience, persistence, and the joint work between parent and child yoga teacher.
When my son can do yoga
The experience of yoga with children say the best age for the child to start with exercises of yoga is from age 4. At this age, children can now understand exactly what to expect and what we want from them. Yoga is indicated for all children. Its key objective is to seek balance and harmony, and control the direction of the discipline. It is a good basis for a happy and healthy adulthood.
Benefits of the practice of yoga with children
Yoga is a positive practice in the growth stage of children. Through yoga, children exercise their breath and learn to relax, to cope with stress, conflict situations, and lack of concentration, problems so evident in today’s society. Yoga will assist in their long road to physical and psychological domination.
1 – Development of muscles and motor skills
2 – Flexibility in the joints
3 – Improvement of postural habits of the spine
4 – Massage of internal organs
5 – Improved breathing habits
6 – Stimulating blood circulation
7 – Improved self-esteem
8 – Low level of stress in children
9 – Enhancement of the senses
10 – Agility and strength
11 – Calm and relaxation
12 – Stretch
10 – Better development of attention, concentration, memory and imagination
11 – Harmonization of personality and character
12 – Timely physical energy pipeline
13 – Better understanding and interaction with others
Resources and practice of yoga with children
Yoga classes associated physical and mental work. For children, the motivation is very important. Because of that, it is desirable that a yoga class are not more than 15 children gathered. Children must feel very comfortable. They should wear loose clothing, light, comfortable, and enable them to make any move in comfort. Classes should be ministered in a clean, quiet, ventilated, and quiet. You can use appropriate mats or rugs. And children can be barefoot or wearing socks feet of cotton.
Yoga can be practiced at any time of day, but the best time for morning practice. It is advisable to avoid eating solid food two hours before practice.
Yoga Breathing
Breathing is an integral part of yoga. The inhale and exhale through the nostrils is essential if the child can stretch and get the balance needed to start practicing the postures. Once the group control your breathing, the teacher will begin with the postures. The sense of the bids is from external bodies, go calming the internal organs. With children, the positions must be practicing them slowly. Ideally, at first, is to learn to breathe, relax, then focus. For children, yoga should be practiced as it were a game. Not be required to repeat a position again and again. That can become boring. You have to be changing positions and movements, slowly, and at a pace that small do not lose concentration. As already mentioned, morale and motivation are crucial in this regard. The respect, moderation, and a positive attitude and cheerful, too.