Sound in Kid’s Yoga Class

Though silence is golden, sound in kid’s yoga classes is an extremely powerful tool.  Making sound literally causes one to lengthen their exhale- the result is a longer inhale and likely better breathing patterns.

Specific sounds can add focus to class, improve concentration, and even help to clear the mind and heart.  Our throat chakra contains or ability to speak truthfully and receive truth.  Opening the throat and voice can aid greater self-acceptance and confidence.

When practicing yoga with your child consider integrating laughter, lions roar (lions breath) to table pose or lions crawls, practice OM, the words “Shanti,” “Namaste,” and even some mantras (which encase special meaning)- like “Loka samasta sukhino bhavantu,” which means, “May all beings everywhere be happy.”

Most importantly- smile!  Then make some noise!

“The fish in the water is silent, the animal on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing.  But the man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the nusic of the air.” -Rabindranath Tagore

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