Opening The Zen Zone yoga studio as a family friendly place came about five years ago. I am a long-time yoga practitioner, fitness trainer, and mom. As a yoga teacher I know the benefits of Yoga and as a mother of three beautiful girls and teaching yoga to my own children was a way to calm the storm of my middle daughters rages. With my daughter, Hunter, she was prescribed medication for ADHD and for other behavior issues. After countless visits to many great physiatrists and physiologist, coming up with no exercise’s to help her learn to step back and breathe. I realized that Yoga could and would be my answer to help my 5 year old with her outbursts and rages. She is now a super happy 11 year old that has friends, is in cheerleading & can still have her moments but overall. Yoga has changed our family in too many ways to count. We continue to grow as a family! .
It is our special responsibility as parents to undertake the care and education of these intelligent kiddos coming into he world and dependent on our love and attention. To see a child performing a yoga pose, with the poise, strength, self-discipline and confidence necessary can’t help but arouse love and joy in a parent’s heart. To see a child’s imagination spin while their mind focuses on the satisfaction of telling a story is to know the magic of which we parents are capable. By focusing their energy and allowing them control over their bodies we give children the power to create their own lives and live in peace and harmony with others.
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Most of all, teaching and telling stories to kids is FUN! To be a child again and use our personal creativity is magic. By pulling your favorite children’s book off the shelve and acting it out, with yoga is truly not only bringing back our own childhood memories but we grow spiritually from the effort we put into it.
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For those of you who are already practitioners of the art of yoga, no more explanation about this wonderful discipline is necessary. For those who are not, a few words of background. Yoga is far more than a physical exercise. It is rather a set of tools, which increase one’s awareness of the inter-connectedness of all living creation, while at the same time pointing the individual, body and soul, in the direction of radiant health. Yoga is craft of awareness. When we do yoga we grow compassionate. We naturally turn toward that which is best in our natures. We experience something similar to love.
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As the physical body comes into balance, the mind follows. Practicing yoga can help a child develop concentration, patience, gentleness, strength, creativity and stability. These are habits we’d all LOVE to cultivate. They are the building blocks that create the foundation for a happy life!
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Creating an opportunity for kids to get excited about yoga and perhaps offering them a life-long tool for physical and emotional health is the reason for this article & teaching a class on “Teaching kids Yoga!”
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Albert Einstein said, “If you want your children to be smart, tell them stories. If you want them to be really smart, tell them more stories. If you want your children to be brilliant, tell them even more stories.”
Namaste"
Ruthann Zentner
The Zen Zone Owner | Certified Yoga Teacher 200RYT, Personal Trainer & Massage Therapist
Lee's Summit, MO
zenzoneyoga@gmail.com | www.zenzoneyoga.com
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Namaste"
Ruthann Zentner
The Zen Zone Owner | Certified Yoga Teacher 200RYT, Personal Trainer & Massage Therapist
Lee's Summit, MO
zenzoneyoga@gmail.com | www.zenzoneyoga.com
Click here to learn more about Ruthann
