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Calming yoga poses for children-Katie Louw, Over the Rainbow Yoga

7/9/2015

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Yoga Poses to help with Anxiety

Child's Pose (Balasana)

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Benefits:

·       Calms the mind and body

·       Encourages strong and steady breathing

·       Releases tension in the back, shoulders and chest

·       Flexes the body’s internal organs and keeps them supple

·       Recommended if you have dizziness or fatigue

·       Helps alleviate stress and anxiety

·       It lengthens and stretches the spine

·       Relieves neck and lower back pain when performed with the head and torso supported

·       It gently stretches the hips, thighs and ankles

·       Normalizes circulation throughout the body

·       It stretches muscles, tendons and ligaments in the knee


Tree Pose (Vrikasana)
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Benefits:

  • Calms and relaxes your mind and central nervous system.
  • Develops balance.
  • Increases your mind / body awareness.
  • Strengthens your thighs, calves, core, and foot muscles.
  • Strengthens your posture.
 

Legs Up The Wall Pose (Viparita Karani)
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Benefits:

Legs up the Wall Pose is a restorative, relaxing and gentle inversion:

  • Eases anxiety and stress
  • Calms the mind
  • Relieves lower back pain
  • Relieves tired or cramped feet and legs
  • Gently stretches the hamstrings, legs and lower back
  • Therapeutic for arthritis, headaches, high blood pressure, low blood pressure and insomnia
  • Eases symptoms of premenstrual syndrome, menstrual cramps and menopause



Benefits of Yoga for Children


·       improves flexibility, strength and body awareness

·       encourages kind peer and social interactions

·       enhances self-expression and imagination

·       increases self-esteem

·       helps increase awareness of breathing

·       teaches discipline and responsibility

·       cultivates a peaceful, relaxed state of body and mind

·       gives tools for stress management

·       provides a playful, fun way for children to learn how to relax



All photos used with permission of Over The Rainbow Yoga

Katharine (Katie) Louw
 is a specialist Family & Community Yoga Teacher & a trained Mindfulness Curriculum Teacher, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Katie founded Over the Rainbow Yoga over two years ago and has worked with a number of kindergartens, schools  and community groups in Christchurch, with her yoga programme based in mindfulness, community and fun. 

www.overtherainbow.com          www.facebook.com/OvertheRainbow


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