Parent-child yoga in different periods

站图片位置Parent-child yoga is an easy way for parents and children to communicate. Parent-child yoga emphasizes the word "pro". This is not only to exercise the healthy body and mind of parents and children through yoga practice, but more importantly, in this process, neither parents nor children dominate, but their relationship is equal, and they are completing a happy task together. And through mutual cooperation and interaction, the tacit understanding and feelings between parents and children can be enhanced. Children can feel the happiness of their parents through this process, and the happiness of the children will be fed back to their parents 'greater happiness, thus creating an ever-expanding spiral of happiness, which is a kind of happiness and satisfaction radiating from the family.

Parent-child yoga can be divided into three stages according to the child's physiological development process:

The first stage is parent-child yoga during the infant period

This exercise is suitable for infants aged zero to one or one and a half years old. Parent-child yoga practice during this period should not only be suitable for the mother's postpartum recovery, but also activate all the child's senses. The child's body and mind can get useful exercise from this all-round stimulating activity.

Parent-child yoga movements suitable for children during this period mainly include massage, cross movements of the legs (similar to the half-lotus cross-legged movement), corner pressing and stretching movements, light micro-spinning movements of the legs, and push and push reverse force movements of the legs, safe hugging movements for up and down movements, spiral lifting movements, rotation and stretching movements of limbs, etc.

During this process, parents and children must constantly make eye contact. Although the child cannot speak, parents will feel that they have been chatting with the child. They will find that the child responds faster than usual. This is different from taking care of the child. It is a feeling of giving and receiving, and it is very interactive. In addition, this kind of exercise will allow parents without relevant experience to dare to take care of children in a bold way without danger. At the same time, this exercise is of great benefits to the babies. It can enhance the function of their digestive system, make the movement of their internal organs more regular, help them improve their sleep quality, and satisfy their psychological feelings through communication with their parents. sense of attachment and security.

During this exercise, parents should always pay attention to their children's reactions and not force them to do it. If they resist, they should stop this action. Moreover, parents should do it very gently, because the child's spine is easy to bend at this stage., they need relaxing support as if they are in a cradle, and each exercise should not exceed 10 to 15 minutes.

The second stage, parent-child yoga in infancy

This exercise is suitable for infants aged one and a half to three years old. During this period, infants can begin to gain initial independent mobility and can initially understand the things around them. Parent-child yoga practice during this period should mainly guide and train the child's physical exercise ability. During the exercise, parents can use objects or toys to stimulate their children's interest.

In addition to slightly increasing the intensity and speed of some parent-child yoga movements during the infant period, the parent-child yoga movements suitable for this period can also add some simple balance movements, squatting movements, leg lifting and stretching movements with raising hands, etc.

This kind of parent-child yoga can effectively exercise children's balance, sense of rhythm, spatial distance, nerve and muscle coordination and reaction ability, allow children to have more flexible and agile skills, and at the same time promote the development of children's internal organs and develop children's intelligence. At the same time, the communication between parents and children during parent-child yoga can promote the development of children's language skills and attention skills.

The third stage, parent-child yoga in childhood

This exercise is suitable for children between the ages of three and eight. During this period, their nature is expressed, their imagination is rich, unique, creative, expressive, and energetic. They are brave, curious, innocent and sincere. They are by nature active, quick and quick, and like change and novel things. Parent-child yoga practice during this period can imitate the way of games, making parent-child yoga a game that parents and children participate in together. Through certain role-playing and storylines, parents and children can complete a common task, thereby achieving parent-child yoga. purpose.

Parent-child yoga during this period should be a set of easy-to-imitate movements for children. It can allow parents and children to imitate animals or plants that children are familiar with, such as the tree pose that imitates a big tree, the butterfly pose that imitates a butterfly, the dog pose that imitates a dog, the dog pose that imitates a boat, etc. You can also add some simple double yoga movements to consciously guide the child to use his imagination during practice.

This has a good effect on the child's growth and development, and can improve the child's body's coordination, flexibility and accuracy. It can also promote the child's imagination and creativity, and further develop the child's intelligence. (Internship Editor: Wu Jinyu)