Is yoga good for kids?

Yoga is a very traditional practice method. To this day, yoga is still very popular. There are various yoga studios in cities big and small. Those who don’t know how to do yoga can go to professional yoga studios to learn. Most of the people who like to do yoga now are young women. In fact, men, women, young and old can do yoga. For example, letting children practice yoga has the following benefits.

Can children practice yoga?

In everyone’s perception, many people don’t know that children can also practice yoga. Yoga originated in India, where many children start practicing yoga from an early age, and yoga has even become one of the compulsory courses for children. Children can start practicing yoga from the age of one and a half, but they need to be accompanied by their parents. Children's growth and development will go through many different stages. Parents should perform different levels of yoga exercises according to their children's actual age so that yoga can achieve the greatest effect.

In India, yoga classes have gradually entered many schools and even kindergartens, and children's yoga has become as indispensable as physical education classes. Children's yoga is divided into three age groups: 18-28 months, 28-36 months, and 36-60 months. Only babies over three years old can do yoga without their parents. Babies in the first two age groups must be accompanied by their parents when practicing. In addition, children's yoga also requires different levels of yoga posture training based on the bone development and intelligence level of children in each age group.

Benefits of yoga for kids:

1. Increase lung capacity

The breathing requirements of children's yoga are not as high as those of adult yoga, but it still attaches great importance to deep breathing techniques, which is not only beneficial for increasing lung capacity, but also can help improve asthma and tracheal sensitivity problems.

2. Correct body shape

Children nowadays are under great pressure to study and some of them become hunchbacked and stiff at a young age. Some spinal stretching exercises can correct children's bad posture, exercise the body's flexibility, balance and agility, improve muscle development, and are also good for bone growth. At the same time, it can also reduce the fatigue of the cervical spine and back caused by long-term desk study.

3. Help fat kids lose weight

Yoga movements are not intense, but the amount of exercise is not small. For children who are obese simply because of diet problems and lack of exercise, this is a good way to lose weight, because yoga requires a relatively light diet (but not a vegetarian diet, but a higher quality protein source), and the exercise process can also help massage the internal organs, so children have a better appetite and sleep better, and lose weight due to the effect of good habits.

4. Improve your concentration

The balance technique in yoga requires a high level of concentration, which is the most difficult part for playful and active children. They will learn to control their attention little by little during the "practice", which will be very beneficial for their future study and life.