Yoga lessons in Year 1/2 

This half term Year 1/2 have been learning Yoga. There are lots of benefits of learning yoga. 

Yoga Gives Children Confidence

When children practise yoga, they learn and master new poses.

Yoga Promotes Healthy Bodies

During the children’s yoga class, the children are stretching, strengthening and buildings their coordination. Yoga is proven to improve a person’s flexibility and increase blood flow; the same benefits gained in adult yoga are gained in children’s yoga too.

Yoga Improves Concentration

Yoga is like a short brain break. It empties the mid for the children. This gives them renewed focus, attention and enthusiasm for learning new things later in the day or even later that week. Children that practise yoga not only gain an improved level of concentration but they also increase their attention span too.

Yoga Helps Manage Stress

Yoga and the breathing techniques can also be used as a powerful tool when minimising feelings on anxiety.

Yoga Introduces Mindfulness

Through yoga, our children align their bodies and minds.

Yoga Improves Balance

Yoga is an excellent way of developing coordination, and it works brilliantly for balance too. Yoga poses work through a range of muscles in the body, and this helps children find their symmetry. It helps improve their body coordination and encourages motor development too.