While yoga is very popular for adults, it is also helpful for children. Yoga increases children’s self-awareness and builds their self-esteem and helps strengthen their growing bodies. In a culture that puts so much pressure on achievement, yoga offers our children a way to be mindful and play. Adult yoga is serious. Playing and having fun is very important in kids yoga.
Yoga helps to strengthen your child’s body mind and spirit. By spirit, I don’t mean religious practices, but an ability to find meaning and value in life by opening their hearts and sending love and feeling compassion. Yoga is great for all the systems in their body: vestibular, neuromuscular, circulatory, digestive, endocrine, immune and respiratory.
Yoga facilitates all kinds of movement, including cross-lateral movement which is crucial for learning.
Parent’s expectations about a child’s participation should be realistic. Children have various learning styles and they will learn at their own pace.