Why children need yoga

Children today grow up fast, surrounded by packaged food, pollution, study pressure and mixed messages. Yoga helps them grow up healthy in body, breath and mind.

The journey from a happy childhood to a healthy adult

Each stage of growth has its own needs, and the early years shape everything that follows.

Four steps of growing children. 0 to 3 years, toddlers: speech and movement skills. 4 to 6 years, preschool: about 90% of brain development. 7 to 11 years, primary school: discipline, focus, reasoning and logic. 12 and up, high school: puberty and body changes
Packaged food plus polluted environment plus stressed study life plus conflicting values equals a sad child: sick, stressed and anxious

The problems of modern childhood

Packaged food, a polluted environment, a stressed study life and conflicting values add up. The result is too many children who are sick, stressed and anxious.

Yoga gives them a daily, practical way to balance all of this.

A child holding a HELP sign, with three notes: Body, Mind and Breath challenges

Challenges children face as they grow

Yoga works on three levels, and each has its own common problems.

Body (asana, physical): improper posture, lack of exercise, and eating and lifestyle issues.

Breath (pranayama, physiological): anxiety and shallow breathing, study and peer stress, and breathing issues.

Mind (meditation, psychological): distraction, lack of attention and negative emotions.

These challenges can persist for months and years.

A pyramid of five mind states, from agitated at the bottom through lethargic, dilemma and concentrated to bliss at the top, with a calm child on top

Yoga calms the mind

योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः

Yogah chitta vritti nirodhah. Yoga is the practice that quiets the mind's restless modifications.

The mind moves through five states: kshipta (agitated), mudha (lethargic), vikshipta (caught in dilemma), ekagra (concentrated) and nirodha (bliss). Regular practice helps children climb from the bottom toward calm and focus.

See how the program does this

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