ROLE OF YOGA ON BODY AND MIND HEALTH IN CHILDREN: A REVIEW
Vd. Kiran Prakash Nandeshwar*, Vd. Prashant Laxmanrao Patil
ABSTRACT
Yoga is a powerful medium for developing the personality of children
and making them capable of facing the present day challenges and
problems. Why children experience stress and mental health challenges
is that globalization exposes the child all over the world to various new
demands, standards and options. There is also increased pressure to
succeed in school, partly due to increased competition but also a
diverse range of options available for children and young people in
contemporary times than in the past. Modern society offers plenty of
distractions and unwelcome attractions, especially linked to new media
technologies. The dominant presence of multimedia devices and the
time spent on them by children are clear indicators of the shift in
lifestyles and priorities of our new generation. In this paper, we will
highlight yoga in school helps students improve their resilence, mood and self regulation skill
pertaining to emotions and stress. Thus, yoga is an important life skill tool for children to
cope up with stress and self regulation in lifelong perspective.Yoga provides training of mind
and body to bring emotional balance. It improves children’s physical and mental- wellbeing.
Keywords: children, mind health, well being, yoga.
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