100 Yoga Activities for Children: Easy-to-Follow Poses and Meditation for the Whole FamilyFun and healthy yoga exercises for kids and adults. Many children do not instinctively understand the importance of relaxation and meditation. It can be a difficult concept to grasp for someone at a young age. Yoga can be an accessible and fun way for children to learn the advantages of de-stressing and relaxing. By starting yoga early, your children will develop their natural flexibility and balance while simultaneously releasing mental and physical tension. With the fun activities featured in this book, learn one hundred ways to introduce them to this healthy exercise, which could develop into a lifelong practice. Included in this book are sections discussing: • Relaxation • Meditation • Breathing • Mudras (Sanskrit for “gesture” or “attitude”) • Standing and sitting postures • Elongated postures • Games incorporating yoga Additionally, 100 Yoga Activities for Kids features full-color illustrations and diagrams on every page to aid in the explanation and instruction of each pose. Discover the amazing benefits of these elaborate and simple postures, and explore a fun and healthy activity to share together. |
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abdominal organs alternating sides ankles Ardha back muscles Bend forward Bend your knees Bend your left big toe breathing cycles breathing normally bring your right bringing your arms buttocks child relax child’s back child’s lower back child’s spine cobra cross-legged develops your child’s easy pose Exhale Extend your arms Extend your legs extended in front floor glutes happy baby head heels help your child hip as possible Hold the pose improves the flexibility Inhale initial position Keeping your feet left leg legs extended loosens the child’s lying poses meditation mountain mudras or gestures neck original position Paschimottanasana pelvis pose helps pose improves pose strengthens pose stretches postures practice Repeat three right foot right leg Salabhasana sarvangasana seconds while breathing shoulders sirsasana Sit in easy sitting poses Skandha Skyhorse Publishing slowly standing poses stomach stretches your child’s Switch sides thighs thumbs tips torso touch Uttanasana Veerabadrasana yoga Yogic games