Abstract

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.