International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 52 | Page 41

LOOKING
F O R WA R D
WO R D S : LY N N N I C H O L S O N

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had been looking into yoga for children for sometime, it
occurred to me that when you look at the actual benefits
of yoga, from the mental, physical and emotional aspects,
it had to be a benefit to young people. Each child needs
direction, they need to understand themselves better
than anyone else and more importantly, they need to be
comfortable with just sitting still, learning how to just “be”.
Whichever newspaper you
read you will be met by stories
of disruptive children, or
yet another drug which has
been produced to “calm” a
child who is, it would appear,
running riot and yet, when
you look deeper and take into
consideration their lifestyles, it
is hardly rocket science that
these children are almost wild.
They need direction.
Our fast-paced world provides
few opportunities to slow
down, and nowhere is this
more apparent than in the
lives of today’s children.
Typical days can include predawn wakeup calls, 6-hour
school days, after-school clubs,
jobs, and