Yoga!!! A Way of Life!!!

“Yoga means addition – addition of energy, strength and beauty to body, mind and soul.”

–Amit Ray

Children these days are exposed to a lot of stress and live in a very busy life with even more busy parents, school pressure, competitive sports, video game which strains their eyes and a lot more. They are always in a run to counter their pace and calm them down Yoga must be introduced in their daily routine, just like eating, playing, studying and sleeping Yoga should be made a way of living. It has positive impacts on children. Yoga at an early age moulds and sculpts the body, mind and soul and makes them more creative, calm and composed it encourages self esteem, confidence and body awareness in children. It has powerful effect on brain develops it and heightens concentration.

Yoga has many benefits to state a few:

• Maintains flexibility and strengthens growing bodies
• Enhances concentration, vitality and focus
• Increases Self Esteem
• Teaches present moment awareness
• Cultivates a peaceful, relaxed state of body and mind
• Gives tools for stress management
• Sparks creativity in ripe imaginations
• Encourages kind peer and social interactions
• Enhances body awareness
• Teaches Discipline and responsibility

So children, wake up early and start practicing yoga everyday. To help you out, here are a few video links below.

Yoga at SIRS: yoga as a part of physical activity is encouraged and has been included in the daily activity of students. They are taught yoga on a regular basis and are motivated to practice it every day.