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| Baby Yoga: The Early Path to Well-being |
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| Wednesday, 04 February 2009 | |
By Keith "Nickel" Langevin Strictly speaking, yoga, in its pure and original form, is primarily a philosophy and a discipline. Although people naturally have stereotypical mental pictures of practitioners of yoga, there is more to it than just the stretching and the limb bending. Yoga has both intellectual and practical aspect or components. Through time however, the practical aspects of yoga have become widely practiced in themselves because of their healthy and calming effects on the body. Many believe that yoga can truly develop internal balance and peace.
The acceptance of yoga as a genuine way to promote both the health of the body and the spirit has been especially pronounced in the west. In many ways, yoga has helped those who have always wished to improve their health condition, posture and even the shape and form of their bodies. The practical aspect of yoga primarily promotes bodily improvement through exercises that deals with proper breathing, stretching and relaxing and because the body is at ease and properly situated, spiritual calm may follow. Today, yoga has not only been deemed fit and advisable for adults, it has also become a common activity for babies. Yes, you read that right, babies can now get into yoga. But before you go on imagining babies in difficult and contorted positions or babies on a mat receiving instructions from a yoga master, it is important to note that baby yoga has its differences from traditional yoga. Common sense would say it is nearly impossible to direct babies into traditional yoga exercises, so you don't need to worry about forcing babies into positions that may cause injuries. Baby yoga is actually an interactive kind of yoga for both babies and mothers or other primary caregivers. Mothers may perform exercises with their babies carefully situated to fit into the exercise movements. Babies may also be assisted in performing certain exercises such as the gentle stretching of limbs in which mothers may sit with their babies and move their arms in and out or over the babies' bodies. Mothers may also practice correct breathing as taught in yoga for babies to imitate. Babies may also benefit from baby massages that yoga mothers get to learn in class. To ensure that babies are calm during sessions, calming music may be played while mothers continually talk or sing rhymes to their babies as they help their babies perform the exercises. Aside from the bonding experience with mommy that a baby may benefit from, yoga exercises also help babies in other ways. While motor development may happen later in a baby's life, yoga babies may become aware ahead of time that they have two arms which they can use. Yoga also helps babies relax, strengthens their spine, muscles and joints, develops their balance, massages their organs, helps prevent colic and increases oxygen intake. Baby yoga has been proven to be relatively safe. All in all, baby yoga has tons of benefits for your baby. So, if you're looking for an entertaining and healthy activity for you and your baby, baby yoga may be the answer. Keith "Nickel" Langevin is the owner of the informative YOGA website http://www.fomayoga.com For a F-R-E-E course to help get you started on your YOGA journey visit http://fomayoga.com/yogabasics Tag it:                  |
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