Kids Yoga for Healing Injuries
Kids Yoga can be utilized for healing injuries. Of course, this depends on what kind of injury we are talking about! A pulled hamstring…
Yoga to Reduce Child Violence
One of the most important and significant lessons that a Yoga instructor teaches his or her students is the healing potential of Yogic methods. By healing potential, I mean the ability to transform one’s negative situation.
Yoga Balancing Postures For Kids – Eagle, Tree, Dancer
By Kristen McCarthy Practice yoga balancing postures for kids and you can fly like an eagle or be as still as a tree. Yoga for kids expands your imagination and tests your inner focus. Play with eagle pose for kids and imagine that you have long feathers and massive wings. You perch high up on a …
Introducing Yoga to the Classroom
If you are introducing Yoga to students who are in middle school, high school or college, the Yoga session may be longer and more formal…
Could Yoga for Kids Reduce Violence?
Violence is a result of many things, including mental illness and feelings of loss, anger, loneliness, and powerlessness. Fortunately, these feelings are something that a yoga practice can address, especially when meditation is guided by someone who intentionally wants to empower and encourage students who are dealing with these types of emotions.
Teaching Yoga to Children
Teaching Yoga to children is one of the most delightful experiences. Children are naturally spontaneous, open, and full of imagination…
Telling Stories for Kids Yoga Postures
Depending on the age of your Yoga students, they will most likely be ready and willing to make up a story or two. To help, you can set the scene, and identify a problem the characters will face, before beginning to tell the story. You can let each child tell a part of the story, breaking it up into the beginning, middle, and end; or you can let the story flow in different directions. Remember that the importance of the story lies in the Yoga postures – not whether the story makes perfect sense.
Does Yoga Improve Academic Performance?
Yoga is something that millions of practitioners have practiced throughout history to find tranquility, balance, focus, and clarity. It is understandable that the calming poses and mindfulness meditation can create a more intelligent and mentally sharp individual.
Kids Yoga for Emotional Healing
Kids Yoga classes can also promote emotional healing by reducing anxiety and easing depressive symptoms. Many kids today suffer from…
Changing Yoga to Fit the Needs of Children
A yoga teacher has many tasks related to ensuring that the class goes well. Some of the tasks are: teaching various types of postures, teaching children about efficient breathing habits, making sure that achievements are encountered, and giving each child life skills for a happy and healthy life. Ultimately, this helps them to pay attention in school and make good decisions in life.