Right age for kids to practice Yoga
leena3 posted on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 21:07
Cutie is 6 years old and I have observe that she gets distracted very easily. She even does not have a good concentration. Yesterday during our Kitty a friend suggested that Cutie should practice Yoga.
Till now I used to think that Yoga should not be practiced at this age. Wondering what is the right age for kids to practice Yoga.
I have heard from a friend whose son is doing Yoga that mostly Yoga should be practised above 6 years of age.
Now a days kids are made to practice Yoga in preschools as well so that makes me think that it may not me harmful. Though in a talk with a playschool teacher she told me that most kids below 7 should not be involved in strenuous asans. And kids should practice Yoga under special instructors only otherwise if something goes wrong it could harm the child.
These days most of the playschool do have yoga sessions for kids. So I guess a child can learn yoga at an earkly age of 2 or 3 but there are some specifications as to which asans will be good for kids of this age.