Babies can experience the benefits of yoga for kids.
All parents know that both the bodies and minds of babies are going through rapid development. Mommies and daddies may try to encourage this development with baby fitness classes. An aerobics instructor is encouraging one exercise in particular. Could it be…you guessed it – yoga!
In a Yahoo! Sports article detailing the benefits of yoga for kids and babies, Heather Johnson-Emerson explains that certain poses, performed with the help of parents and guardians, can do wonders for an infant's development. These exercises promote balance and strength, which are skills that are needed for crawling and walking. Furthermore, yoga can help relieve gas, constipation and colic.
Certain benefits may even spill over to parents.
"Whether you are the mom or dad, helping your baby with yoga poses will create not only a more fit and healthier baby, but will also create a stronger and tighter bond with you and your baby. Yoga can also offer parents the benefit of learning to calm their baby more quickly, promoting relaxation," Johnson-Emerson wrote in the news source.
Parents who are interested in learning more about how yoga can help their babies should check out Washington yoga classes. Tips may also be available through internet videos.
Who knows – these baby enthusiasts may grow up to continue this mind-body regimen. According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, more than 1.5 million children were practicing yoga as of 2006.
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