Glow Bugs Kids Yoga
Yoga feels less like exercise and more like loving and respecting one’s body which is what makes it such a valuable method of selfgrowth and enrichment for children. Recent studies have shown that yoga for kids improves social interactions with peers, lengthens the attention span, increases academic performance, enables the ability to deal with stress and anxiety, boosts confidence, raises selfesteem, and enhances one’s overall mood.
Glow Bugs Yoga for Kids is a nurturing and fun way for children to develop body awareness, and learn tools to keep them calm, present, and happy. Other benefits of Glow Bugs include the following:
Breathing
Learning to use the breath as a calming technique for emotionally charged life situations, or just to make one feel better, is a productive enhancement to daily life. Glow Bugs Yoga encourages children to use various techniques to mindfully focus on and engage their breathing to help manage stress.
Instilling Confidence
Young people witness their growth and development by mastering new poses or being able to hold their balance longer thereby bolstering their confidence and fostering a sense of achievement.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness, a form of meditation, is achieved by focusing awareness on the present moment, acknowledging feelings that bubble up, and subsequently releasing them. Various forms of yoga also practice movement meditation. Posture sequencing anchors you to the present moment and combines movement with breath. Glow Bug Yoga allows children to release other thoughts and simply focus on the present which is an optimal relaxation method.
Promoting a Healthy Body
Practicing yoga helps to stretch and strengthen the body as well as improve balance, coordination and concentration.
Imaginative Play
It is commonly understood that social development occurs when individuals interact with others in imaginative play. Children learn engage cooperatively by taking turns, sharing experiences, and working together. Having opportunities to experiment with social boundaries creates a better understanding of relationships and improves social skills. Children are better able to build relationships with their peers allowing them to feel more connected, confident and self-reliant.
Emotional Development
Imaginative play promotes the practice of caring for others. It encourages emotional competence and heightens one’s capacity for empathy. By learning to be kind, gentle, and helpful to others, children begin to understand their own feelings and the feelings of others and develop skills to respond accordingly.
Language Development
Communicating ideas through description enhances vocabulary and language skills. In Glow Bugs, opportunities are provided for children to try on a variety of rolls and experiences. Everyone’s voice is heard and all opinions are valued. Open-minded exploration in a supportive high quality play environment fosters brain development and improves cognitive skills.
Encouraging Independence
Imaginative play allows children to create and explore new ideas. In connection with the world around them, children begin to incorporate knowledge and then apply what they have learned into action. This encourages freedom to take risks which is an essential component to gaining independence and becoming a critical thinker.
Increasing Creativity
Creative outlets work to reduce stress. Glow Bugs explore different story lines and use imagination and yoga postures to bring ideas to life. Engaging in fantasy play allows children to use their imagination and increases their creative stimuli. This uplifting effect sparks happiness, promotes healthy demeanour, and boosts confidence.