Why Yoga for Kids?
It is important to plant the seeds of healthy living early on in life to encourage life long habits and skills. Teaching yoga to children is an effective way to help build the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual skills needed for them to develop into healthy adults. Children are naturals at creating their own poses, making yoga a fun, non-competitive and approachable activity that quickly builds important skills such as concentrating and calming one's own body and mind. The benefits of yoga for kids, include:
Body
- Assisting neuromuscular-development
- Encouraging motor development on both sides of the body
- Developing a strong and flexible body
- Increasing balance, body awareness and coordination
- Reducing injuries and improving performance
- Improving digestion and strengthening the immune system
- Relaxing the body and promoting better sleep
- Providing a better understanding of how bodies work and move
- Expanding lung capacity and increasing endurance
Mind
- Relieving tension and stress
- Increasing concentration, focus and attention span
- Promoting thinking and memory
- Encouraging creativity
- Stimulating auditory processing and responsiveness
- Calming and quieting the mind
- Reducing anxiety
- Balancing energy (high or low)
Soul
- Building confidence and self-esteem
- Enhancing team skills and social interaction
- Developing discipline and self-control
- Inspiring respect for self and others
- Enabling self-expression
- Providing lifelong skills for soothing oneself
- Encouraging a fit and healthy lifestyle
- It's playful and fun!
Class Times:
Immediately following school in the gymnasium
2:45pm-3:45pm
Class days determined by school
We currently have programs at Hutchison Farm Elementary School and Dulles South Multipurpose Center. If you would like a similar program at your school, talk to your PTA President and ask them them to give us call at 703-327-0335.
Cost:
$125 for an 10 week session
All parents will need to sign and return a Waiver Form before your child begins their session. The forms can be filled out and returned to your school, or they can be brought with your child to the first session. Click here for a copy of our Waiver Form. The form you need is listed under Yoga.
