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Breastfeeding Yoga Mom

October 20th, 2009

We highly encourage practicing yoga with your baby as well as breastfeeding, but this mother (and opportunistic baby) take them to a new level! *Warning: Brief, non-sexual nudity*

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Baby Yoga and You

October 1st, 2009

Many people who do yoga have discovered that it truly does make their bodies more fit, makes them more flexible, and has helped them keep in shape and be healthier.  But when people hear about yoga for babies, some are skeptical.  Why do babies need to do yoga?  Aren’t they already incredibly flexible?  And babies don’t need to become more fit or work on their weight.  However, many parents have discovered that doing some of the various yoga for babies programs is actually a great way of bonding with their child.  There’s something about going through the various yoga poses designed for both parent and child to do together that makes them become closer.

Of course, as babies grow up, continuing to do yoga with their parents is a very good way for them to build up muscles and keep their flexibility.  It can even lead the way for them to continue yoga as children, teens, and young adults.  These age groups are often at risk for becoming obese and inactive, so if you can get your children interested in yoga and get them into a yoga routine early, you’ll help them stay health their entire lives.

As with any activity, there are a number of different accessories and items you can purchase for your baby related to baby yoga.  You’ll find several different DVD programs out there that will guide you and your baby through the various positions and yoga activities.  Then there are different baby yoga clothing for your child to wear that are both comfortable and stretchy.  Finally, every baby yoga exerciser will need his or her own yoga mat, and you’ll find these in a number of bright designs.

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What is Yoga for Babies?

March 12th, 2009

Some people have heard about yoga for babies, but unless you’re a mom or expectant mom, you may have no idea what this is. Does it involve making your newborn do the downward dog position? Well, it’s not quite that complicated, but yes, it does involve doing yoga with your young child!

While yoga for babies doesn’t involve doing many of the more complicated poses or doing anything that babies aren’t quite capable of, such as some of the balancing yoga poses, it does involve helping them learn to stretch and develop muscles. By assisting babies to practice yoga (or young children—many yoga for babies products can be done by kids up to four or five years old), you’re helping promote their motor skills and development. Doing yoga also helps wear them out, and who doesn’t want to improve their newborn’s sleep? Yoga has also been shown to help sooth upset stomachs and improve their digestive and immune systems.

There are benefits for the parents, too. You’ll get exercise, first of all, which is great if you’re afraid of not getting your figure back. You will also leave, along with your child, how to focus on one part of your body at a time and how to properly exercise that area. You and your child will also develop a closer bond while doing yoga together. If you continue exercising with your child over the years, this could even become one of your special activities. You’ll also be teaching your child good exercise habits, something that many older kids and teens seem to have forgotten in this day of video games and television.

Yoga for babies may not involve the downward dog, but it will help you and your baby learn good exercise habits, improve your body-awareness, and become closer as a parent and child, and all it takes is a few minutes a day.

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