What are the benefits of yoga to children???

What are the benefits of yoga to children ???

Yoga for children can have huge physical, emotional and educational benefits.

Physical benefits: increased fitness level, improved flexibility, better posture and improved co-ordination.

Emotional benefits: can help children to improve their social skills, to discover ways to relax and stay calm, which can in turn help them to deal with life’s challenges.

Educational benefits: can help children to improve concentration, speaking and listening skills. It encourages them to be creative in producing their own yoga stories which can in turn improve their writing.

Yoga can also increase a child's sense of self esteem and therefore live a happier and healthier life.

The main areas that Beaming Buddhas target are:

1) Physical fitness

2) Behaviour

3) Concentration

4) Relaxation & Calming

5) Well-being & self esteem

Improvements in all of these areas do not happen overnight, just because the child is performing a series of yoga postures. Improvements can only develop over time.

When we target these areas how will you benefit? Concentration – children can transfer their concentration skills to other areas of the curriculum
Behaviour – improving and changing challenging behaviour is at the core of our teaching approach . This is one of the major benefits of of providing yoga as part of the integrated school day. Physical fitness – increased flexibility, muscles toned and strengthened, better posture, healthier bones, improved balancing skills. Relaxation & Calming - children learning how to stay calm in difficult situations. In other words they learn how to be in control by using their new found breathing techniques and calming skills
This is often a major breakthrough for many children who may never get the opportunity to learn how to relax. Well-being & self esteem – children enjoying a great sense of achievement from the posture work because we make the activities achievable and fun. In addition children feel good about themselves and their bodies because of the exercise.


If you would like us to provide yoga in your school or you would like your children to attend one of our yoga classes please contact Nikkola Woods from Beaming Buddhas by email nikkola.woods1@gmail.com or telephone 07950 277877

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It's time for families to change, for life!

Modern life can be pretty comfy – sofas, TVs, computer games – there’s just so much to keep kids sat down. But bodies weren’t designed to sit down all the time – they need to walk, jump, run and move to be healthy, grow properly and use up the right amount of energy.

Of course it’s important to relax, but there’s a difference between chilling out and vegging out. The fact is that kids who are inactive don’t burn off enough energy and store up fat in their body - yuk.
'Up and about' is all about activities for kids, and trying to get them moving whenever they can during the day. Simply being up, about and moving burns calories and helps fend off diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease or cancer.

Just getting kids up off the sofa will help. So if they’ve been sitting for a while, get them up to jump around for a bit. You could try limiting the time they spend in front of the TV or computer too!
And if you can walk to school, or anywhere else you need to go, then do that instead of the car – it’s better for the environment and you and the kids. If it’s too far to walk the whole way, try getting the bus but get off one or two stops earlier and walk the last bit. It’s about making small changes to your life to help your kids be more active and stay healthy.

Why get fit?
Activity is good for kids' health. It raises their heartbeats and helps pump blood around their bodies. It’s like a mini workout for their lungs and muscles! It also decreases their chances of getting life-threatening diseases.
A good dose of fresh air and exercise also helps us all sleep better. So tiring out kids with activity every day will help them nod off at a good hour and make them feel alert for the next day.

For ideas on how you can make positive changes to your family please visit Change4Life by clicking on link below:

http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/change-for-life-families.aspx

Article taken from http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/up-and-about.aspx

Why give Yoga for Free?

At Beaming Buddhas it is our aim to introduce yoga to children through a fun and enjoyable way.  We introduce yoga postures and poses to children and families through story, games and other activities.  Unfortunately, yoga appears to be a little mysterious, with not many people knowing what yoga is about.  It probably does not help those that are not in the know, that there are so many types of yoga it is easy to become confused. 

Today, Beaming Buddhas are offering some classes for free.  But first, we will ask that question: What is Yoga?  Yoga means union, and can be seen as union between body, mind and soul.  Commonly yoga is referred to as asana, which is the practice of physical postures or poses. Many people think that yoga is just stretching, but while stretching is involved, yoga is about creating balance in the body through developing both strength and flexibility. This is done through the performance of poses or postures, each of which has specific physical benefits. Because of the physical benefits is the main reason it is becoming more and more popular and many sportsmen and women practice yoga alongside their own discipline. 

Beaming Buddhas concentrates on Hatha Yoga which is the study of yoga postures and poses.  

Is yoga a religion?  Our own answer is taken from our website www.beamingbuddhas.co.uk 

"Yoga is neither a religion nor an esoteric movement. Every person, regardless of age, origin or faith can practice yoga."

Now we have the 'jargon' out of the way and hopefully have de-mystified yoga for you in words, we would like to invite you to a FREE Beaming Buddhas Yoga Session.  We have two FREE sessions available for you to choose from:

FAMILY YOGA Monday 18 June 2012 2-3pm 

at Morton Memorial Hall, East Morton, Keighley

KIDS YOGA CLUB Thursday 21 June 2012 

4.30-5.30pm also at East Morton

Our Family Yoga sessions are suitable for adults and children aged approximately 2-4 years and Kids Club is suitable for boys and girls aged 4-10 years

No need to book, just turn up on the day

So, why for FREE?  We want to show parents and children how fun our yoga sessions are.  We understand that you already have other classes and activities that you may attend, but we believe if you can try us for free you will see first hand the fun and also health benefits both you and your children receive.  So what have you got to lose?

Still unsure? Visit our website to read some of our testimonials

Not sure about coming on your own?  You are welcome to bring a friend, but if you this is not possible for you then we can assure you that you will make friends as we are a friendly bunch! Come along, join in some yoga, fun and games and (for family yoga) we even have time for a cuppa at the end.

Finally, we promise not to pressure you into attending further classes or try and sell you anything!  There really is no catch, if you want to just attend the class for free and then leave and we do not see you again then that is your choice.  However, if you and your children enjoy the classes you are more than welcome to join us again and our prices will not scare you away

For more information please see our website www.beamingbuddhas.co.uk

Is it just a co-incidence that most of our children enjoy relaxation the most?

A lot of our classes are held at the end of the school day.  Many of the children appear to be quite hyperactive after a busy day in school.  Our children experience increasingly stressful lives as they strive to be the best they can down to pressures not only from their parents, carers and teachers but also from life in general.  It is widely portrayed that in order to succeed in life you have to be the best!  To get the best jobs you have to get the best grades, to be the best performers in sport you need to work the hardest...

Beaming Buddhas aims to take away some of this stress through the yoga session and always ensure they have a wonderful relaxation session at the end of the class.  This relaxation gives the children the time they need to unwind and relax.  The other week we even had one child who fell asleep in the 15 minute relaxation and was snoring! At the end of the yoga courses when the children are asked what they enjoyed most from the yoga , many of them respond with the relaxation, being able to lie down with the lavender eye pillow, 'chill out' and either listen to music or guided meditation.

It is no coincidence that many of the children enjoy the relaxation as it is a much needed 'time out'.  It is perfectly normal to want the best for your children and to encourage to be the best that they can be.  It is equally important to ensure that your child is allowed 'time out' to properly relax.  If you child can learn how to relax properly they will learn techniques on how to manage their whole life much easier.

To see more health benefits of yoga visit http://www.beamingbuddhas.co.uk/kids-yoga-club.html
To shop Yoga products including relaxation aids visit http://www.beamingbuddhas.co.uk/boutique1.html

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Beaming Buddha student putting together their own yoga stories

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Alien Adventure

This week we are on an alien adventure.....

For our yoga, we visit the moon and see lots of different aliens including space ducks and space worms! But first we need to do our training so we can become an astronaut and fly to the moon in our rocket.

We played today we went to the moon and saw...... (a great memory game just like today we went to the shops and bought...)

We had a nice relaxation at the end with our lavendar eye pillows as flying to the moon was very tiring!

We finished off with colouring (for the small ones) and drawing space pictures (for the older ones) which encourages creativity and did you know that colouring is also a form of meditation?!

Before the end of class we shared a great book called 'Welcome to Alien School'

Namaste!

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Yoga through fun and play for healthy and relaxed children

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