What is parent-child yoga? What are the benefits of parent-child yoga?

With the popularity of parent-child games, parent-child yoga has gradually entered the public eye. When parents do yoga, they let their children participate. This not only increases the time they spend with their children, but also increases the contact and coordination between their bodies. It also promotes the relationship between parents and children and brings them closer to each other. Therefore, parent-child yoga is a sport that the editor highly recommends.

What is Parent-Child Yoga

Parent-child yoga refers to asanas and yoga games suitable for children and parents to participate in together. It is generally suitable for children aged 3-12 to practice with their parents. Especially before the age of 7, it is a good time to learn yoga. During the whole process of yoga practice, everyone learns together and supports each other, so that everyone has more opportunities to understand and know each other, thereby promoting parent-child affection and making the relationship between the two sides more harmonious.

According to physical therapists, yoga helps children maintain a flexible and healthy body, stretches muscles and joints throughout the body, and corrects problems caused by incorrect sitting, sleeping, walking, and writing postures, such as scoliosis, hunchback, uneven shoulders, leg deformities, flat feet, etc., so that the skeleton of the developing child grows healthily. Parent-child yoga helps children stretch their bodies with the help of their parents, exercise balance, and help them sleep. It also massages the internal organs, strengthens the digestive system, and prevents constipation, gastrointestinal discomfort, and other problems. It also strengthens the individual immune system and helps improve tracheal sensitivity and colds. In addition, parent-child yoga can also help mothers release stress shortly after giving birth, help mothers restore their original light body, regain confidence in life and society, and become healthy, happy, and beautiful mothers.

Music for parent-child yoga

The music style of yoga is generally selected from Indian songs, which are generally soothing, relaxing, peaceful and distant music that is conducive to meditation. The purpose of yoga is to release stress, relax the body and mind, remove impetuousness, and stimulate potential. The music for parent-child yoga should also be relaxing. In this way, parents and children can communicate better in a relaxed atmosphere. Music recommendation:

Music recommendation 1: Maiden Voyage

Music recommendation 2: "Straight to the Sky"

Music recommendation 3: "Touching the Heartstrings"

Music recommendation 4: "Spiritual Love"

Music recommendation 5: "Wisdom Flower Blooms"

Music recommendation 6: "Clear Spring"

Music recommendation 7: Sunflower

Music recommendation 8: "Ambition and Passion"

Music recommendation 9: "The Beauty of Truth"

Music recommendation 10: Gopala-Govinda-Varma

Common movements of parent-child yoga

1) Wheeled

a. Lie on your back on the mat, open your feet as wide as your hips, bend your knees, keep your heels close to your buttocks, and point your toes straight ahead. Stretch your hands backwards, place your palms under your shoulders, and point your fingertips in the direction of your toes. Baoding lies prone on his mother's chest and abdomen, fully stretching his hands and legs to wrap around his mother.

b. When inhaling, the mother uses her hands and feet to push the body up from the mat, making the body into an arch shape, with the head and neck naturally relaxed and drooping, and pay attention to ensuring the baby's stability and safety. When exhaling, tighten the abdominal muscles to stretch the waist and abdomen more comfortably.

2) Warrior II

a. The mother opens her legs to shoulder width, bends her right knee, and ensures that her spine is straight and her body is stable.

b. The baby sits on the mother's right thigh. The mother wraps her right arm around the baby's back and puts her right hand under the baby's armpit to protect the baby's body stability.

c. When inhaling, the mother stretches her left arm and the baby stretches his right hip, fully stretching the chest and spine, while looking in the direction of the right fingertips.

d. When you exhale, tighten your waist, abdomen, buttocks, and leg muscles while slowly bringing your thighs parallel to the ground. Always keep your body stable.

3) Elevator type

a. The mother lies flat on the ground, holding the baby with both hands so that the baby's body rests on his calves.

b. Inhale, the mother uses her hands to prop up the upper body, and the baby holds the mother's shoulders with both hands. Exhale and lean back, looking up. Stay for 5-10 seconds. Slowly return to the starting position and adjust the breathing.

4) Parent-child dog pose

a. The mother lies flat on the ground with her legs open as wide as her shoulders. The baby sits astride her waist and hips and breathes evenly.

b. Exhale, lower your legs, inhale, lift your calves as high as you can, repeat several times until your legs feel sore, numb, and tired. Slowly return to the original position and adjust your breathing.

How old can a baby practice parent-child yoga with his mother?

Many places require babies to be 6-12 months old before they can practice yoga. The most important condition is that the neck is fully developed. If babies under 6 months old meet this condition, they can also practice. If babies over 1 year old are willing to cooperate, they can also practice with their mothers. Before the age of 12, children are in the best period of physical and mental plasticity. If there is time, mothers can personally guide their children into the wonderful and warm world of yoga, teach them simple yoga movements, and cultivate their interest in learning. Then your children will definitely be confident, cheerful, healthy and smart babies.

Parent-child yoga precautions

Recently, a set of parent-child yoga exercises that has just become popular in Europe and the United States has been introduced to China. It is a parent-child interactive exercise specially designed for babies aged 6 to 12 months. This set of exercises can flex the baby's body, improve the baby's blood circulation throughout the body, and promote the baby's physical development. At the same time, through the skin contact and eye contact between mother and baby, the baby can find happiness in exercise and have a good mood, which promotes the establishment of parent-child attachment relationship. Through the practice of parent-child yoga, it can also promote the development of the baby's attention, perception, etc., and at the same time help the mother to restore the original light body shape faster and regain confidence.

Therefore, you and your child can do parent-child yoga exercises. However, you need to pay attention to the following points:

1. The venue should be safe. When practicing parent-child yoga, the place must be spacious and without obstacles, or obstacles should be removed to ensure that the baby will not bump into them; it is best to add a blanket under the yoga mat to prevent slipping.

2. Clothes should be loose. Mother and baby should wear loose and casual clothes, preferably without metal buttons or zippers.

3. You must practice on an empty stomach. The mother should eat 3 to 4 hours before practicing. If you are a little hungry, you can drink some juice or eat some fruit 2 hours before practicing. You can eat again 40 minutes after practicing. The baby must also be fed 30 minutes after practicing.

4. It is not suitable for babies or mothers to practice yoga when they are sick. If they are sick, neither the baby nor the mother should practice parent-child yoga. They cannot concentrate when they are sick. Also, babies with underdeveloped necks cannot practice to avoid injuries. If they are sick, neither the baby nor the mother should practice parent-child yoga. They cannot concentrate when they are sick. Also, babies with underdeveloped necks cannot practice to avoid injuries.

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