7 Effective & Easy Yoga Asanas Kids Should Do At Home
- Lifestyle Health
Alessia Braun- 0
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With the pandemic still prevailing, kids are stuck in their houses. It depends on the parents to decide how they utilize this time for their kid’s benefit. There can be ample ways, and among them one way that can be done for the improvement of the kid’s health and mental serenity is Yoga. Here are some yoga asanas kids should try to keep their bodies healthy.
7 Yoga Asanas Kids To Practice
Yoga for kids is a great way to practice mental peace and also doing yoga on a regular basis keeps your body healthy. It is the most primitive form of exercise that finds its roots in the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago. Over the time various forms of yoga have been invented that have proven effective for the human body.
But there is a misconception that kids cannot do yoga. This is absolutely not true. Every human body can do yoga and they should do so. But the yoga exercises for kids are different. Children who have fresh minds are best suited to get introduced to the art of yoga, which not only helps their physical growth but also complies with their mental growth. The asanas will help them grow physically while the pranayama will help in their concentration, mental growth, calmness, and a complete development. Let us have a look at the yoga asanas kids should do at home. Here are some easy yoga asanas with names for kids.
Cat Pose
To do this pose, get down on your knees. Then tilt your pelvis and then bring your chest in such a position that is parallel to the floor. Look forward, and as you do so inhale. While doing this ensure that your spine is bent inward. Then exhale as you look down and also hunch your back.
Dog Pose
For this pose, start by sitting on the ground ensuring that your legs are stretched out forward. Then move both your feet backward, lift up your hip, straighten your elbows and knees and create a “V” shape that is inverted. Now keep your width between your hands shoulders wide apart and the fingers must point ahead. Now put some pressure on your palm and open your shoulder blades wide. While doing so, try to push your heels to the floor. Keeping your eye focused on your toe, hold on to this position for a few seconds.
Snake Pose
For this pose, lie down with your stomach facing the ground and take your arms behind you. Now join your palms by intertwining your fingers and lift your chest from the floor gently as you inhale. Repeat this 5-10 times.
Fish Pose
Lie down with your back facing the ground and stretch your legs forward. Now lift your head with the support of your arms and neck off the floor. Now keep the crown of your head on the floor and keep your arm beside your body on the floor. Now breathe normally.
Tree Pose
It is a very common pose that we often see many people doing and is also thought to be the best yoga for kids. First, stand straight with your arms beside you. Now lift your right leg from the floor. Now with your hand hold your right foot and place your foot’s sole over the inner thigh of your left leg. Once you attain that join your palms in the preposition of pranam and look forward and breathe normally.
Cobra Pose
This is a slightly hard yoga pose for kids but is very effective. Start by lying down with your stomach facing the ground and your legs kept unstretched. At the elbow point, bend your arms and place your palms right beside your chest on both the sides. Lift the upper portion of the body off the floor. Now lying on the flow, gently raise your head and trunk with the sole support of your palms. Ensure to bend your arms at the elbow. Now arch your neck backward slightly.
Mountain Pose
This is a standing yoga pose for kids. To do this pose, start by sitting on the floor with your leg stretched out forward. Now move both your feet backward and lift up your hip, then straighten your elbow and knees and create an inverted “V” shape. Now keep your shoulders hands spread apart and ensure that your fingers point ahead. Now put some pressure on your palm and open your shoulder blades wide. Pull your heels from the floor and keep that position for a few minutes.
Conclusion
Kids are at a growing age, and as parents, it is your responsibility to ensure that they get a healthy and fit body while they are growing up. And nothing can be better than yoga. There are several yoga asanas kids can practice at home. The above are such asanas that will allow your kid to get a healthier and peaceful life.
