Kid's yoga is not difficult yoga because children are not taught to practice strenuous yoga. It helps to improve their physical health, mental health, and makes immune system strong to protect from diseases.
Yoga is very beneficial for children because it build stamina. It improves child's muscle, body postures, elongates the spine and improves digestion and blood circulation. Yoga develops their listening skill, power of observation, personalityand cooperation. Different pranayama practiced by kids also helps in building good nature providing coolness to mind.
It inspires and improves children imagination. Children learn yoga by imitating, playing and singing. In this age, they canlearn yoga easily and get its benefits. Yoga is very good exercise especially forthe children who are mentally weak. It can help to grow their mental condition. Kids can also perform pyramid yoga. Children practice such type of yoga with fun as it seems like game for them.
Thereare many types of kid's yoga. Here are some kid's yoga and their benefits:-
- Wheel pose (urdhavadhanurasan)-
- Makes arms and leg stronger
- Make spine flexible and healthy
- Improve blood circulation
- Helps to improve memory
- Helps to expend chest which help you breath
- Soar(Crow Pose/ Kakasana)
- Make wrist, upper arm and body strong
- Improve balance, focus and co-ordination
- Float (Forward Boat Pose): This pose can be practiced with alone or with anyone.
- Strengthensneck, stomach and thigh
- Improves balance and coordination
- Makes your back strong
- Branch Out (Tree Pose) Vraksasana
- Tree pose improve your concentration level
- Gives mantle and emotional balance
- Helps you to stand centered and grounded
- Gives you good posture, balance and body balance
- Hit The Bulls Eye (Virabhadrasana) Archer Pose
- Improves determination, self- confidence and self-discipline
- Improves how to focus on an object
- Makes your leg stronger
- Effective for eye sight.
- Hide Away (Koormasana) Turtle Pose
- Givesgood stretchable body
- Keeps you calm and quite
- Glow (Sarvangasana/Candle Pose)
- Improve legs circulation
- Reduces fatigue
- For our metabolism this yoga massages the thyroid gland
- Keeps your spine young and flexible
- Keeps you relax and calm
- In the Groove (Halasana) Plough Pose
- Keeps your back of the leg and hips flexible
- Gives you flexible back
- Good for throat
Kids can also perform surya namaskar and chanting. These are the effective yoga poses which help kids in becoming more active. Chanting and meditation improves the concentration level and hence effective forchildren.