What is Kids Yoga?
Children's yoga offers an engaging and uplifting way for kids to build vital psychological, physical, and emotional skills. The classes are playful, whimsical, encouraging, and imaginative. In a caring classroom environment, children have the chance to form significant connections with themselves and others, fostering a sense of community without judgment or competition.
"Children can learn almost anything if they are dancing, tasting, touching, hearing, seeing, and feeling information!"
-Jean Houston, The Possible Human We believe that children's learning is most effective when it involves creativity and enjoyment. Our yoga and movement classes stand out by sharing a variety of yoga poses along with sensory experiences such as singing, dancing, art, storytelling, inspiring music, creative movements, age appropriate games and positive affirmations.
Why Yoga for Kids?
In our fast-paced lives, even children are on the go. Yoga offers a peaceful escape for all, balancing tranquility and enjoyment, fostering physical connection and community. As children acquire skills for self-care, relaxation, and inner satisfaction, they are better equipped to handle life's challenges with greater ease. “80% of learning difficulties are related to stress. Remove the stress and you remove the difficulties”
– Gordon Stokes |
Benefits of Kids Yoga?
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Benefits for Schools/Organizations?
By incorporating Glow Yoga Programs schools/organizations will see benefits that directly reflect the benefits their students/members receive, for example:
By incorporating Glow Yoga Programs schools/organizations will see benefits that directly reflect the benefits their students/members receive, for example:
- Stress relief is key! A poll was done by the National Association of Health Education Centers on children between the ages of 9-13 years old. It was reported that school was the number one source of stress with family second and friends third. The effects of stress pose a health risk and can also inhibit learning in children. The relaxation techniques that yoga provides can help to manage stress.
- Improved concentration and self-discipline in the students would reflect greatly in the classroom environment. There are a number of studies that have found positive correlations between yoga participation and academic performance.
- Emotional growth, spiritual growth, and stimulated creativity can help develop students who are community oriented. This can be associated with forming the leaders of the future, a common goal of all academic institutions.
- Rates of ADHD diagnosis increased an average of 5.5% per year from 2003 to 2007. If this number continues to increase as it has in the past two decades, coping tools for students will be continue to be necessary. Yoga can provide the required tools to help students relax, and the techniques are easily transferable in the classroom setting. Relaxed children = more focus!
- According to the PREVNet association, bullying is at it's highest in the elementary school years with over 60% of girls and 47% of boys in grade 1 being victimized. The trend seems to decline towards grades 5 and 6, but then increases again in the junior high years being at one of the higher points in grade. Since yoga can help develop inner strength and clarity in children, their communication skills between peers and teachers will improve which can be cause for an immense decrease in bullying.
- Enhanced flexibility, strength, coordination, motor skills, balance, and body awareness for students means that overall athleticism in the school will improve. More active students means healthier students, which could help reduce absences. Improved athleticism also correlates to winning more sporting events at a city, provincial, and national level. For this, school are recognized highly.