Helping Children with Yoga: Right from the StartThis book is a response to the growing need for a more balanced and healthy lifestyle, providing an introduction for children, parents and teachers who want to learn about yoga and share the practice together. |
Contents
The Authors | 7 |
What is yoga? | 21 |
Why teach yoga to children? | 29 |
Yoga and learning | 37 |
Warmups and poses continued | 42 |
Yoga at home | 51 |
SECTION TWOYOGA IN ACTION | 57 |
Shaker Game | 70 |
Inverted Poses | 102 |
Greetings to the Moon | 110 |
Fish under Bridge | 116 |
Simple breathing exercises | 125 |
Staircase Breathing | 131 |
Meditation and mandalas | 137 |
APPENDICES | 147 |
PHOTOCOPIABLE SHEETS | 153 |
Common terms and phrases
animal ankles Aparigraha asanas Asteya back bends balance Barefoot Books bend forwards bend your knees Brain Gym Breathe normally breathing exercises bring British Wheel Butterfly calm candle centre chest child chin circle colour comfortable concentration counter pose develop Dharana Dhyana elbows enjoy feel feet front gently Half Lotus Hatha Yoga head heels help children hips Hold this pose imagine Iyengar Iyengar yoga Keep left foot left leg legs straight Lie flat lift Lotus position mandala meditation mind Mountain Pose move movement niyamas older children palms partner peace Pose see page position Pranayama Pratyahara Relaxation Pose Repeat right foot right knee right leg Santosha Savasana shoulders Shoulderstand side slowly spine Stand in Mountain Stick Pose story teaching yoga thighs toddlers toes tree tucked Twist upwards Variation warm-up Wheel of Yoga yamas yoga classes yoga postures yoga practice yoga teacher yoga to children YogaBuds
References to this book
Creative Approaches to Physical Education: Helping Children to Achieve Their ... Jim Lavin No preview available - 2008 |