Kids love bending their bodies in different ways. How about letting them have their fun while also making them learning a thing or two? Yoga has excellent benefits on a child’s overall development. Want to know what they are? Find out all about it and more in this post!

Children And Yoga:

Yoga’s systematic approach has a calming and rejuvenating effect on our mind and body. Kindergarten children will find it just as helpful, considering the conflicting emotions they always go through. At this age, they are naturally flexible and would welcome any chance to contort their bodies in various ways.

Kindergarten yoga is taught using stories that appeal to a child’s imagination. The stories would feature animals, which the child would imitate. These imitations are modified forms of traditional yoga poses that improve focus, balance and co-ordination. The poses calm down young children, making them more disciplined and confident.

Kindergarten yoga is also a peaceful haven of relaxation for a stressed child (1). It can improve his or her mood, helping the child stay motivated to come back to school. According to certain studies, exercise from yoga can stimulate neurogenesis in the brain and enhance cognitive control in children (2).

Yoga teachers say that school curriculums must allow at least 45 minutes of such inner peace for children. It helps them cope better with their fast-paced learning environment. Kindergarten yoga is a combination of meditation, deep breathing, exercises and moral teachings.

Here are some of the yoga poses well-liked by children.

1. Happy Baby Pose:

The pose calms the mind and also eases fatigue.

1. Lay down on the floor on your back.
2. Breathe slowly and deeply.
3. While you exhale, bend your knees and bring the feet towards your belly button.
4. Hold your feet with your hands.
5. Now rock gently from side to side.

2. Snake Pose:

This pose improves posture. It strengthens the back, legs, arms, shoulders and chest while relaxing them as well.

1. Lay down on the floor, this time on your stomach.
2. Maintain deep breathing.
3. Exhale and lift your upper body and head away from the floor.
4. Look ahead and stay in the pose for few breaths.

3. Butterfly Pose:

The butterfly pose also relieves stress and calms the mind.

1. Sit down on the floor with your back straight.
2. Bend both knees and bring your feet inwards towards your groin.
3. Hold your feet with your hands.
4. Let the knees fall to the sides, allowing gravity to take them down.
5. Slowly flap your knees like a butterfly’s wings while you breathe.

4. Frog Pose:

It tones legs and improves the child’s flexibility. Moreover, it helps the heart too.

1. Balance on your toes and squat on the ground.
2. Keep the knees as wide as possible and place hands palm down on the floor between the knees.
3. Exhale and turn your head down while rising from the squat.
4. Now inhale and turn your head up while sitting back.
5. Repeat the set.

5. Crescent Moon Pose:

This pose stretches the entire body from the arms and spine to the abdominal muscles. It also has a calming effect.

1. Stand in a mountain pose.
2. Bring your palms together as in prayer and raise them above the head.
3. Breathe deeply and as you exhale, bend to one side.
4. Inhale and stand straight.
5. Repeat on the other side.

From injecting happy thoughts in the child’s mind to making them imagine butterflies and animals, kindergarten yoga is a fun learning experience. There are numerous other poses that imitate a bear, tree, rabbit, dog, cow, etc. Some poses are performed with a partner. Have your child enjoy the benefits of yoga without fail.

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