Physical
Many different activities can be used to develop physical strength, endurance and flexibility including yoga, dance, martial arts, resistance training. walking in nature, healthful food and much more. Highlighted here are yoga and Heart Motions of Impulse as they also incorporate mental, emotional and spiritual development.
Yoga
Yoga For Kids
Yoga is a form of exercise, meditation, and breathing practices with Indian
roots designed to bring unity to the mind, body, and spirit. Adults have
vouched for yoga for years, saying it makes them feel better physically,
enhances their ability to concentrate, and brings tranquility to their lives.
- First, yoga strengthens children and helps them become
more flexible and coordinated.
- Second, yoga for kids also enhances self-awareness.
Children who practice yoga learn early on to tune into their bodies. Self
esteem is bolstered as the children gain control over their bodies and
minds.
- Third, yoga for kids enhances imagination and empathy.
Children are asked to strike poses from nature. They might assume the pose
of a snake, or a tree, or a dog. Then they are asked to imagine what it
would be like to be those life forms. In this way, children learn early on
to connect with all the life on the planet and realize that similarities
far outweigh differences.
- Fourth, yoga teaches children to have fun and move
their bodies in a con-competitive environment. Yoga isn't about being
right or wrong, or being best or worst. It is about bringing unity to
one's own life. Children can work together to help each other reach this
goal.
- Fifth, yoga for kids teaches self-discipline. As part
of the practice of yoga, kids need to slow down, hold certain postures,
breathe or think in a certain way. Yoga encourages children to master
themselves rather than wait for an adult to control them.
- Sixth, through practicing yoga, children can learn ways
to relax and get control of stress in their lives. A child worried about a
test, for instance, might use the meditation or breathing techniques of
yoga to help her calm down and focus.
Heart Motions
of Impulse
The Creation Codes for the New Children
The creation codes were developed by Dr. Jean Schweizer Ph.D. Her life work has
focused on helping children to reconnect and flourish. In the video you will see
some of the codes. Motion gives birth to the wisdom which lies in the heart of
the Children! The nine codes and their movements and their intentions
presented, trigger intelligence, emotion and thought. Love is the fuel of the
Universe, creating the continuous ebb and flow of life. It is as simple as
breathing in and out. The creation codes, these Heart Motions, provide the
choreography of the Pathways from the heart to the rest of the body, mind, and
spirit.
- Receiving and Giving
- Focus
- Expression
- Expansion
- Alignment
- Elimination
- Creation
- Transformation
- Integration