Most stay-home moms have picked Yoga up as well as their method of keeping fit and maintaining physical, mental and emotional balance. Upon seeing the apparent results most naturally wonder how their children might be able to benefit form using Yoga for kids. Well, it is my hope that as a Yoga enthusiast myself, you will find this article much helpful in choosing the yoga poses that could be incorporated into your child’s recreational endeavors. Yoga has is also a great way to help the hyperactive and attention-seeking kids. These kids yearn for movement and sensory/motor stimulus. Yoga poses for kids will help them in directing their impulses and energies in a positive way.
Yoga for Kids: Recommended Poses.
1. Sun Salutations:
2. The Shoulder Stand:
3. The Forward Bend Pose:
4. The Wheel Pose:
5. The Relaxation Pose:
Other Yoga poses for kids that work wonders for them and they like too are:
- Dog and Cat
- Downward Facing Dog – Adho Mukha Svanasana
- Forward Bend or Extension – Uttanasana II
- Half Shoulderstand – Ardha Sarvangasana
- Head to Knee – Janu Sirshasana
- Mountain – Tadasana
- Sit/Easy Position – Sukhasana
- The Bridge – Sethu Bandhasana
- The Cobra – Bhujangasana
- The Corpse – Savasana
- Triangle – Trikonasana
- Warrior II – Virabhadrasana II
