rediffGURU Sabrina Merchant, founder of Li'l Yogis and a kids yoga expert, lists five exercises that will help your children focus better.
As kids grow, they face various challenges that can impact their concentration and focus.
Yoga is an excellent way to help them develop mindfulness and enhance their ability to concentrate.
Here are five yoga asanas that can help improve concentration in kids, along with tips that will help restless children.
1. Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana)
Benefits: This asana stretches the spine and hamstrings, promoting relaxation and relieving stress, which aids concentration.
How to do it
Tip for restless kids: Encourage them to bend as far as comfortable without straining and to focus on their breath.
2. Tree Pose (Vrksasana)
Benefits: The tree pose helps improve balance and stability, fostering a sense of focus and concentration.
How to do it
Tip for restless kids
Encourage them to fix their gaze at a point in front of them to help maintain balance and concentration.
3. Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana)
Benefits: This pose strengthens the arm and back and stretches the shoulder, chest and abdomen. It also increases your flexibility.
How to do it
Tips for restless kids
4. Child's Pose (Balasana)
Benefits: The child's pose is calming and helps reduce stress and anxiety, creating a peaceful state of mind that enhances focus.
How to do it
Tip for restless kids
Use this pose as a calming break when they feel overwhelmed or restless.
5. Easy Pose (Sukhasana)
Benefits: The easy pose strengthens and stretches the body and opens the outer thighs and hips. It also calms the mind.
How to do it
Tips for restless kids
Additional tips for restless kids
Incorporating these yoga asanas into a child's daily routine can help improve their concentration and focus, making it easier for them to tackle schoolwork and other activities.
Remember to make yoga fun and engaging so they look forward to their daily practice and enjoy the benefits of a calm and focused mind.
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