...nion, expression and honor for oneself and others.

In teaching yoga to children, instructors have found that an interactive, multi-disciplinary approach works very well. The yoga asanas can be expanded upon to playing and imitating various plants and animals. This can be further explored with storytelling, games, picture drawing and playing musical instruments. The children can appreciate the use of their bodies and minds and how they can interact in play. Their natural tendency towards creativity and curiosity makes these classes fun and effective.

yoga classes for children that take this multi-disciplinary approach are indeed an excellent learning experience. Kids are provided with the opportunity to explore their innate abilities across many planes: linguistic, logical, visual, musical, kinesthetic, naturalistic, interpersonal and intrapersonal.

The great challenge in teaching kids is to be able to hold their attention. Fortunately, kids love to be in motion and they love to talk. They can do both of these in a yoga class and they will love playing like various animals, trees, flowers, cobras and warriors. The instructor should allow them to let go and roar in the lion pose, bark in the dog pose, meow in a cat stretch and hiss in a cobra.

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The Truth About christian Yoga

.... Intolerance often leads to hate crimes, pogroms, witch hunts, wars, and holocausts.

Christianity is a living philosophy, based upon love, peace, tolerance, forgiveness, equality, and inclusion. The principles run parallel to Yogic philosophy. If you do not believe it, please take a look at Matthew 22:36-40. Below are those five verses, according to the King James Version of the Holy Bible.

36: Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37: Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38: This is the first and great commandment.

39: And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40: On these two command...more

The Purpose of yoga- Yogic Walking for Anxiety

...lking is, at least, 20 minutes. Once breathing is natural, and not strained, some practitioners of this method practice walking meditation or silent Japa (Prayers).

This is a complete mental, physical, and spiritual practice, but you must pick a safe course and be ready to react to traffic, animals, and other pedestrians. Just because you meditate, or practice Japa, is not a reason to ignore people who wave or say hello.

Some people carry dog snacks for dogs and squirrels - while others may stop and chat to friends in the park. To accept life, people, animals, and the changes around us, without judging everything, is a treasure of life. If you can avoid ...more

The Health Benefits Of yoga

...What are the health benefits of yoga? Well, to answer shortly; they are very great and work in countless of ways - but that would have been a too short an article.

Stress is the number one cause troubling every section of our emotional, endocrinal and physical system. But with the assistance of yoga these things may be corrected.

At the physical level, yoga and its cleansing practices has been demonstrated as extremely substantial for various health problems.

Discussed here below are just a selection of the benefits of yoga that you can get.

Healthy Joints and Body

yoga is known to increase flexibility; yoga has positions that work on the specific joints of the body. Counting in those joints that are not stimulated with ordinary exercise systems.

yoga similarly promotes the lubrication of joints, ligament and tendons. The carefully studied yoga positions develop the ...more

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