Yoga for Children

A sense of humour and mental agility is a requirement when teaching yoga to children. It must instantly and constantly engage them. From trips to the Zoo, where each child becomes an animal, with accompanying animal sounds!! To a simple walk around their mats singing, jumping and stretching. Yoga actively joins the body to the mind, using breath, active movements and balance as tools for achieving this objective.

Yoga for those with different abilities, or special needs, offers a range of techniques for calming or focusing the body. This is achieved through breathing, movement and mindfulness. Children can experience a sense of being in the present moment, may move towards a reduced sense of anxiety and over time perhaps develop a level of resilience.

# Meditation

1. Fosters how to focus on the present & ignore distractions.
2. Stay calm when life is stressful & find peace.
3. Promotes happiness by lowering social anxiety & stress.
4. Encourages patience.
5. Improves cognitive control, working memory & cognitive flexibility.
6. Improves attentiveness & impulse control.