Can children practice yoga at home?

Every family wishes their sons and daughters to be successful. Many parents begin to cultivate their children’s interests and hobbies when they are very young. So can children practice yoga? Of course you can, but you have to ask the child’s opinion and cannot force the child against his or her wishes. Otherwise, even if the child chooses yoga, he or she will not be able to practice it well. Next, let us take a look at whether children can practice yoga?

Not long ago, the United Nations designated June 21st of each year as International Yoga Day, and yoga once again became a hot topic. In recent years, yoga has been loved by many sports enthusiasts, especially women. However, cases of yoga injuries have prevented many people from trying it. According to a doctoral student in physical anthropology at Dalian Medical University, yoga's stretching and stretching exercises are beneficial to human joints and enhance flexibility. Yoga emphasizes meditation and breathing, has health-preserving effects, and is beneficial to the human respiratory and nervous systems. Of course, improper exercise will cause injuries. Many yoga movements are difficult and can be harmful to the body if not performed properly. Therefore, I would like to remind everyone to pay attention to the method and amplitude when doing yoga and not to force it.

Flexibility exercises should be done gradually and not forced

Joint flexibility exercises should be done gradually. Therefore, yoga enthusiasts must proceed gradually when doing yoga, and grasp the amplitude according to their body's flexibility. They should not be impatient for results or do too much to avoid injury.

In my impression, yoga movements are relatively soothing, with a slow rhythm, accompanied by light music, and emphasize meditation and breathing, all of which have health-preserving effects. The cultivation of "meditation" helps to adjust the human nervous system and relieve tension. In addition, yoga emphasizes breathing during exercise and advocates slow, deep abdominal breathing, which is beneficial to improving lung ventilation and gas exchange, reducing pulmonary hypertension, and is beneficial to the respiratory system.

Yoga is not recommended for children under 14 years old

In recent years, some fitness clubs have started parent-child yoga classes, and even opened a series of yoga courses specifically for children. So is yoga suitable for children? Xu Fei believes that children are not suitable for practicing yoga. Because children are still in the growth and development stage, their muscles and bones are relatively soft, and improper exercise will affect bone development. Because continuous joint flexibility exercises do make the joints more flexible, but at the same time they also make the joints less stable. Especially for children under the age of 14, improper practice of difficult yoga movements will affect children's bone development to a certain extent and bring health risks. Although children's yoga is specially designed according to the characteristics of children, it is difficult to define whether it can achieve such an effect. Moreover, practicing yoga requires a high level of concentration, which most children cannot meet. They are easily injured if they become distracted.

Through the answer to the question of whether children can practice yoga, we can also know a lot about this aspect. Practicing yoga is good, but it should be done when the children are interested. If your children are not interested in this at all, do not force them. Respect the children and let them choose what they like to learn.