Kids Yoga Health benefit Making the News

A recent articles in the Latimes and CNN/Health studied this topic in detail and interviewed many children and their parents to find out just what benefits they were getting through yoga.
below are the summary

Highlight from the LAtimes articles -

source - Kids health benefit from yoga

- A preliminary study of pediatric healthy benefit of yoga published in 2008 find more skills and concentration improvements , on top of better posture and breathing.

- Yoga stretching and body alignment can create a better athlete , said Michigan State University , strength coach Mike Vorkapich , Players use back and arm movements to improve strokes and picthces, he said.

- Listening improve too , Said Jennifer Hayes , an MSU yoga teacher.

Highlight from CNN / Health Articles;
Source - Yoga helps even little one channel energy emotion

- "It's just incredible" , Al-Yasha Williams saif , shaking her head in disbelief when her 6 years old daughter Sole Williams brewer walks out of class much more dialed back than when she bounded in . My daughter has a lot of energy and this has channeled it

Matsha Wenig saw the calming effect yoga breathing gave her young students more 20 years ago when she taught in a California School

For Children with a lot of energy or ADHD , yoga proves to be a suitable substitute even for medication.

"he couldn't settle himself , he was just very high -strung ,and bored with everything,"she said "But wow , yoga opened something ( slow , steady , deep yogic breaths ) put him in his space when things get too tight , rough and crazy , do his own little Eagle pose.

So you can clearly see from the above articles , parents and families all over are turning to Yoga to help their children find calmness , balance and confidence. In addition , studies are finding yoga poses and exercises to be great for coordination , concentration , motor skills and other important mental and physical skills.
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Standing Kids Yoga Poses

Kids Yoga Pose # 1 - Archer's Pose

Good for mental focus , confidence and energy. Also , good when the prince has the hit the target to free the princess

Kids Yoga Pose # 2 - Yoga Mountain Pose

Stand up nice and tall and reach up high in the sky with your palms together. Journey to the Himalayas anyone?? Good for stretching the whole body and expanding one's energies.

Kids Yoga Pose # 3 - Yoga Tree Pose

Good for building Balance and agility. Also good for the brain development and concentration.

Kids Yoga Pose # 4 - Yoga Sri Rama Pose

it is the pose that Sri Rama takes when he is giving his blessings to others. Never to early to learn about giving and devotion.


Kids Yoga Pose # 5 - Jumping Jacks

Jumping Jacks are great for kids in many ways.They not only develop coordination , strength but they also help develop the brain and concentration. Start in Mountain Pose # 2 and then jump to the pose shown below and then jump and return to Mountain Pose # 2