Benefits of Yoga for Child Development
Mar 312018Yoga helps for Child Development
As the time and environment changes , the inner ability of the child get influenced .The grown up child is mostly affected by surroundings .The main component of child’s mind development is how the parents nurture, what are the values they transport to next generation.
The factors that influence the child development:-
• Single child
• Excessive Competition
• Expectation of parents and relatives
• Stress
• Unaware of inner potential
• Easily get influence by others thoughts
• Burden of studies
These days’ children are hyperactive, impatient, uncultured, aggressive, indiscipline, stubborn, unemotional and self-centered. They find it difficult to react on different situations. Hyperactivity is a classic sign of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).Because of hyperactive they remain indulge in various tasks simultaneously without having focus and concentration on one task like they talk almost constantly and frequently interrupts others, move from place to place quickly and often clumsily, keep moving even when sitting down which become trouble for their parents . They become inattentive and less focused, they lose their concentration power.
Technological era also effects adversely to the mind of the kids as they remain indulge in video games and mobile games or videos which reduce their physical activities. Some more ill effects of inner games like they become self-centered as they are not making friends outside, social values will not build up in their minds, sharing habits will not culture and they become physically inactive .
Nuclear family
Nuclear family is also hurdle in nourishing the family, social values and cultural values as the parents engage in their jobs, clubs and parties. Parents don’t have time to connect and talk with them that’s why kids don’t even know how to greet their elders, love their Youngers and help to needy one. All these cultural and social values develop when the atmosphere creates and knowledge is given.
When children are in their toddler years, they tend to be stubborn .The stubborn children become rigid for their demands and they behave rigorously without knowing “where are they”. It is important for guardians and parents to teach their children the different ways of dealing with stress and expressing themselves. When dealing with a stubborn child, you can discipline your stubborn child by understanding, listening to him, and remaining calm to set a good example of acceptable behavior.
Yoga Helps in Emotional development
Emotional development in infancy and early childhood are important for a host of interrelated skills, including cognitive development and interpersonal relations. For example, the ability to regulate one’s emotions in challenging situations enables children to sustain learning; the ability to communicate one’s own feelings to others effectively increases the chances of one’s needs being met; and the ability to understand what others are feeling enables children to modify their behavior so as to sustain harmonious relations with others. Although these three basic emotion-related competencies (experiencing, expressing, and understanding) must be achieved by every child, the culture in which the child develops may govern how these competencies are achieved and manifested.
All these factors will develop in right way, the personality of children will become influence others.
Yoga helps to balance physical, mental and emotional factors. Different yoga effect differently to body, mind and soul as yoga help to culture your emotions, to become physically fit and strong and flexible, yoga helps to get knowledge “what is good or bad” for them
How yoga help kids?
Benefits of yoga for personality development
It Enhances Physical Personality .Yoga promotes physical strength because kids learn to use all of their muscles in new ways. Whether a pose is done standing, sitting, or lying down, each one can challenge various muscle groups while helping a child become aware of his body and how it efficiently functions.
It Refines Balance and Coordination Balance is a key element of yoga. Balancing poses were created to promote mental and physical poise, as mental clarity and stability emerge from the effort of trying the poses. Even if a child has difficulty standing on one foot, she learns mental and physical balance if she can stay calm when she falls and when she gets up to try again. As children learn to improve their physical balance, they will be filled with a sense of accomplishment. Coordination is also closely tied to balance and promotes overall dexterity.
It Develops Focus and Concentration the act of practicing poses encourages children to clear their mind and focus on the effort. As a result of this single focus to achieve a particular pose or stay balanced, yoga helps children to focus and concentrate in school and get better grades, several studies several studies note.It also increases their mind stability and focusing power.
Benefits of Yoga for Self Esteem
It Boosts Self-Esteem and Confidence Yoga helps to instill confidence and to bring learning to children on an experiential level. It is our responsibility to develop our children's sense of wonder and to give them a strong sense of self so they know where they belong in this world and can contribute to making their community a better place.
It Strengthens the Mind-Body Connection Yoga helps kids achieve a sound mind in a sound body by exercising the physical body and calming the mental spirit. "As parents we want our children to act and behave with mindfulness and with compassion, to be brave, to know love and happiness, and to find inner peace. Yoga functions as a release valve that alleviates pressure and as a foundation to nurture and develop a resilient and resourceful body, mind, and spirit.
Benefits of Yoga to Get Awareness of Inner Potential:-
Yoga will help to know inner potential as parents are unaware of inner potential and abilities of their child and with the yoga they may know what are the strength of their child. Meditation helps to reduce mental stress and pressure and keep their mind calm and mind becomes constructive.
Yoga helps to develop Inner personality & will result in overall child development.
It Strengthens the Mind-Body Connection Yoga helps kids achieve a sound mind in a sound body by exercising the physical body and calming the mental spirit. "As parents we want our children to act and behave with mindfulness and with compassion, to be brave, to know love and happiness, and to find inner peace. Yoga functions as a release valve that alleviates pressure and as a foundation to nurture and develop a resilient and resourceful body, mind, and spirit.
Get Aware of Inner Potential:-Yoga will help to know inner potential as parents are unaware of inner potential and abilities of their child and with the yoga they may know what are the strength of their child. Meditation helps to reduce mental stress and pressure and keep their mind calm and mind becomes constructive.
Inner personality development will result in overall child development.