Children of the 21st Century
This month we are featuring a fantastic article by Lynette Cooper ‘Children of the 21st Century’ and how yoga can help them navigate our busy world’. Kids Yoga teaches self-confidence, and provides children with techniques to assist with every-day life. Most children naturally enjoy yoga, and the positive benefits stay throughout the child’s life and beyond.
Children of the 21st Century
How yoga can help them navigate our busy world.
Our society has become very fast paced and includes in it the lives of our children. Children nowadays have a lot on their little plates. With a lot of pressure on them to do well academically, to keep up with their peers as well as be the best in their chosen sport etc. We also know that children of today suffer from anxiety and depression. That they have little to no down time to play and be children. To get to know themselves, what they really enjoy and what they could do without.
Kids practicing yoga is a wonderful way for children to be part of a community that doesn’t involve competition. A place that is safe to connect with peers and get to know themselves better. When children practice yoga they become familiar with their own body. Children are growing all the time, continually having to get used to the new size and shape they find themselves in. The body awareness that happens naturally when one practices yoga is a wonderful tool in times like this.
There is so much sensory stimulation for children to process nowadays. We are all so virtually connected from a young age that there really is no off switch. All the information we ever could want is a click or a swipe away. If something doesn’t gain our attention in the first few seconds, we flick to something else. This is generating shorter attention spans. Making it harder for children to engage for longer periods within the classroom setting or even when doing extra curriculum activities.
When children practice yoga they begin to gain a greater sense of body awareness, self-confidence and resilience. Learning to accept how they feel whether good or bad.
Contact Lynette on 0438 583 204 if you would like more information regarding enrollment for your child or children