Yoga For Parents
PARENTING IS STRESSFUL
As a parent your days are filled with questions to answer, problems to solve, decisions to make, feelings to navigate. Couple this with our stressful culture that disconnects us from each other, from our feelings, and from our own inner wisdom. In addition to handling your own issues, you must also support your child and teach them to deal gracefully with their own stress. You must model resiliency – to teach your child to bend without breaking.
YOGA IMPROVES PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Yoga is a multidimensional and holistic approach to supporting your interrelated physical, cognitive, emotional and social needs. MULTIPLE STUDIES have confirmed the many mental and physical benefits of yoga. Incorporating it into your routine can help enhance your health, increase strength and flexibility and reduce symptoms of stress, depression and anxiety. Finding the time to practice yoga just a few times per week may be enough to make a noticeable difference when it comes to your health.
YOGA IMPROVES VITALITY
Ever feel like your energy is constantly being dissipated and lost as you support everyone around you? Do you want to feel more content and spacious? Do you want to show up in your relationships with more clarity and calm? The breathing exercises of yoga are referred to as pranayama.
WHAT IS PRANA? It refers to “that which is infinitely everywhere.” It flows continuously from somewhere inside of us, filling us and keeping us alive. Prana is seen as a universal energy which flows in currents in and around the body. We experience Prana through our breath (inhale and exhale). The renowned yogi, T.K.V. Desikachar states, “our state of mind is closely linked to the quality of prana within. Because we can influence the flow of prana through the flow of our breath, the quality of our breath influences our state of mind and vice versa.”
YOGA IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE
Yoga is for everyone and always has been even though it may at times appear that you have to have a certain physical aptitude or body structure to practice. And while there are many styles of yoga that may feel too challenging for you, there are also approaches that you can begin without any prior experience (you can ask my nearly 70 year old mother who is now a yogi!). Yoga meets you where you are that day and in that moment. Every day we are different and with yoga we can bring about change in our bodies and minds through these simple yet profound practices. The goal of yoga is to encourage us to be a little better than we were before
YOGA CAN BE A WAY OF LIFE
More than just a set of poses, yoga offers us a way to connect with ourselves, others and the world in a calm, clear manner. “Yoga,” frequently translated as “the union of the body and the mind,” presents itself as a powerful tool to help navigate challenging emotions and experiences. Because yoga emphasizes the integration of the physical and the mental, the internal and the external, it has a unique ability to positively contribute to multiple challenges. Yoga is the ability to direct the mind without distraction or interruption.