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🧠🧘‍♂️ Why kids need yoga as much as adults do 🧘‍♀️🧠   - Part 2 - 5. Focus. Focus. Focus. We live in a world of distractions. More and more these days, kids seem unable to focus on anything for any decent length of time. Yoga can help with that. It teaches kids to be present, and to concentrate and focus on their breathing. 6. Yoga teaches calming techniques. Young kids deal with frustration most typically by crying and throwing tantrums. When they learn proper, healthy breathing techniques and tools to focus the mind, they begin to learn how to apply those tools in their everyday lives and to react appropriately to any situation. 7. Children learn self-awareness through yoga. Again, in guiding their bodies through the poses, children learn more about their bodies and what they are capable of. They learn more about their minds, and how they can affect not only their own attitudes and approaches to life, but also the attitudes of others. They learn that they can achieve this through their own thoughts and how they choose to react to any given situation. This awareness of the body, mind and spirit, and of what can be achieved when all three work together, helps children develop into more confident, kind, responsible adults. 8. Yoga supports positive mental health in children. All of the above benefits tie together. When children learn to accept and love themselves for who they are, to see the good in others, to focus and calm their minds, and to be aware of their innate capabilities, they learn tools for resilience. They are more likely to be positive and optimistic about life and their abilities and will hopefully be less likely to succumb to anxiety, depression and other mental health issues that are so prevalent today. #amigreatplace #academymi #abilities #brainfit #braindusseldorf #brainfitkids #education #educationisthekey #yoga #yogaforkids #discipline #selfcontrol #wellbeing #psychology #intelligences #multipleintelligences #spirit #mindandbody #keytohappiness #balanceisthekey #balance #health #healthyhabits #habits #kids #children #sport (at Düsseldorf, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B08j6LTnylV/?igshid=1hh1ziz6yplq5

🧠🧘‍♀️ Why Kids Need Yoga as Much as Adults Do 🧘‍♂️🧠   - Part 1 - Yoga has become quite mainstream for adults in recent years, but have you ever considered sharing the practice with your children? Yoga can benefit kids significantly, and in some ways, possibly even more so than it nourishes adults. Here are some of these benefits:   1. Yoga is non-competitive. In today’s world, we hear so much about being the best and achieving the most. Yoga teaches kids that their bodies are different; different bodies do different things and all of them are okay. There is no one better or worse at yoga than anyone else; we are all just exploring our bodies and learning from them in our own way. Yoga is truly for every body. 2. Yoga teaches self-acceptance. In the same way that it provides children an opportunity to learn something that is non-competitive, it also teaches kids to accept and cherish themselves as they are. Again, with society sending so many messages of inadequacy, yoga teaches kids to love themselves. Learned young, this incredibly valuable lesson arms kids with the tools to fight off the increasing feelings of self-doubt that come during the teen years and beyond. 3. Yoga teaches acceptance and tolerance of others. Yoga teaches acceptance and tolerance of others. In practicing yoga, kids learn early in life that all living beings are to be cherished and respected as they are, thus helping to create more peaceful local communities and a more peaceful world in our future. 4. Yoga encourages healthy habits. Any exercise program begun in childhood helps kids to remain physically active and healthy as a lifestyle. However, yoga takes that further by teaching not only the healthy habits mentioned above, but also a healthy approach to eating and the ability to calm oneself and focus the mind. #amigreatplace #academymi #abilities #brainfit #braindusseldorf #brainfitkids #education #educationisthekey #yoga #yogaforkids #discipline #selfcontrol #wellbeing #psychology #intelligences #multipleintelligences (at Düsseldorf, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B062BDLnLWm/?igshid=fjlxwhwkgqfy