Yoga Offers Definite Benefit For Your Kids
- Monday, April 20, 2009, 4:24
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Karen Lutz, who teaches child yoga classes at Providence Hospital in Novi, said, “A 4-year-old — they have a short attention span. They really don’t care where their feet are.” But as younger yogis mature, she said, “They want to know, ‘Where do my feet go?’ ”
University of Michigan pediatrician Dolores Mendelow says yoga, if done properly, is a suitable alternative to tumbling and team sports for getting stressed-out, sedentary children socializing, exercising and building discipline.
“It requires practice, patience and accepting of self-limitations,” she said. More