It would seem, where is sports, and where is academic performance. However, one is very closely related to the other.
Yoga classes have long been no longer associated with walking on needles and the ability to take the most incredible postures. Children’s yoga is more of a game gymnastics, which helps to learn how to control your body.
teacher of the Moscow Palace of Children and Youth Creativity “Vostochny”
Many asanas (basic exercises) are associated with the position of animals or objects, therefore their names are appropriate: “pose of the mountain”, “pose of the cobra”. It is easy for children to remember them, and even high school students are happy to copy a lion, stork or frog.
Exercise develops flexibility, builds posture, strengthens muscles, improves the functioning of internal organs and, most importantly, helps to relax. This means that the student’s fatigue decreases, the brain function improves and the ability to concentrate on one thing. Yoga will help your child keep fit and deal with the stresses of the school year.
To perform asanas, you only need a gymnastic mat. Ideally, if the parents join the yoga with the child, to make sure that it is done correctly. Plus it will add motivation.
“Tilted half lotus”
Sit on the mat with your legs crossed. Smoothly put your right leg on your left thigh. Stretch your back while pressing your feet into the floor. Strive upward with the top of the head. Relax your shoulders, push your chest forward. Try to relax the muscles in your face, mouth, and abdomen. Raise the tongue to the upper palate. Breathe deeply through the nose, belly. Raise your right hand up and bend to the left, pausing for a few seconds. Next, do the same exercises with your left hand.
“Cat Pose”
Get on all fours, look forward. Inhale deeply, stretch your chin up and belly down, creating a deflection. Take a couple of inhalations and exhalations. Breathing is even and deep. Exhale, press your chin to your chest, arch your back so that it forms an arc. Fix for a couple of inhalations and exhalations. Do 5-6 reps. When performing a back bend, make sure that the child does not tilt his head back.
“Warrior Pose”
Stand in “mountain pose” with your legs apart. Expand the body and right and left feet to the right. Open the chest, straighten the shoulders. Bend your right leg, pushing the knee forward. The left leg is straight. Watch the position of the child’s feet: we press the one that goes forward to the floor, the second rests on the sock. The child comes out of the “warrior pose”: inhales, exhales and lowers his arms. Then he repeats the exercise on the other side.
“Outside the tree”
Stand straight with your feet together so that the outer sides are parallel. Distribute body weight over the entire surface of the feet, pull up the knee cups. Draw in the abdomen, pulling up the spine, neck and crown. The chin is slightly lowered. Bend the right leg at the knee and press the foot against the inner surface of the left thigh, take the knee to the side. Breathe evenly, holding the pose for as long as possible. Gently get out of the pose, changing the position of the legs.
“Pose of the Cobra”
Lying on the mat, stretch your legs, connecting your feet, pull your knees and stretch your toes, pressing your elbows to your torso. Straighten your arms to a level where your legs remain pressed to the floor. Breathing is calm, you need to hold it for 5-7 cycles. Bend your elbows, lower yourself to the starting position and relax. You can repeat this asana 2-3 times.