Actually, I didn't wait until my children went to school to start exercising. For four years, most of the time, I have been taking care of my baby while exercising. I used to do aerobics at home, and the children watched and imitated my movements, such as opening and closing jumps and bobby jumps, all of which were very good.
Last year, I got an annual card in a yoga studio near my home and began to practice yoga regularly. Sometimes I practice at home on weekends, when the children are watching and occasionally imitating. At that time, I thought, can I take him to practice? This will not only prevent him from boring me, but also enhance the parent-child relationship through the opportunity of exercising together, and cultivate his concentration and exercise habits by the way.
In fact, it is not news to practice yoga with children. Many stars, such as Sun Li and Sebrina, have exposed photos of practicing yoga with their children on social media.
Practicing yoga can not only help children calm their minds and make their bodies softer, but also enhance their concentration and creativity, let them feel the companionship and care of their parents and realize a happy parent-child relationship.
Just, how to start? I don't have a clear plan. It was not until I saw this lovely yoga baby that I finally knew how to do it.
As the name implies, yoga baby has eleven babies. They come from different countries with different skin colors, but they all like yoga very much. No matter whether life is quiet or busy, they all like to relax and get happiness through simple yoga postures.
Finn Cotton, the author of Yoga Baby, is one of the most popular TV and radio presenters in Britain. She has a successful career and is a mother of two children. Although she is not a professional yoga teacher, she likes to do yoga with children.
In the book, Fini describes the common scenes in family life in childlike and lovely language. When playing games, relaxing, sleeping and picnicking ... whether happy or sad, babies can practice yoga as long as there is a mat around them.
The illustrations in the book are from Sheena Dempsey, an Irish illustrator and picture book writer for children's books. With soft strokes and soft colors, she drew eleven lovely yoga babies and showed us ten classic postures in yoga. Simple and easy to imitate, people can't help but want to try it.
Now let's see, what can these lovely yoga babies do?
Don't underestimate these babies, they are all stunted.
Blonde honey can touch her nose with her toes, Maya can build a bridge with her body, Rex can lean down like a puppy, Emily can be tall and straight like a tree, and Kit can bend her body like a cat. ...
They are yoga treasures from head to toe, and they get happiness and relaxation through every simple yoga pose. How many of these ten yoga poses can you name?
Although these ten poses are few, they are the basic poses in yoga, covering dynamic stretching massage and static stretching relaxation, as well as stability and flexibility training. They are comprehensive and easy to imitate. They can not only be integrated into the game to enhance muscle strength and joint stretching, but also practice during rest to help the body relax and fall asleep.
Although this is a picture book of children's yoga enlightenment, the words and illustrations in the book have been recognized by professional yogis. Moreover, yoga poses were originally created by ancient Indian yogis observing animals and plants and imitating their postures. Hina Dempsey, an illustrator, uses interesting images to correspond related animals and plants with various postures, so that parents can vividly understand the sources of various postures and feel the changes brought by different postures when reading and practicing with their children.
Different from the picture books telling stories in the third person, Finn Cotton said in the first person and the second person, "We are yoga babies, see what we can do", which immediately narrowed the distance between children and yoga babies in the book.
Any child reads "Can you do it, too?" This sentence makes you eager to see if you can do those postures in the book;
After practicing asana, the phrase "lying comfortably in a cot and falling asleep" is accompanied by the picture of babies sleeping peacefully in a cot, as if our body and mind have also been stretched and relaxed.
Now, are you eager to take your children to do yoga together?
Before we begin, please pay attention to the following suggestions:
I hope you and your children can enjoy yoga.