Yoga In The Classroom: Keys And Benefits

Practicing yoga in the classroom has many benefits for both students and teachers. We analyze them below.

The practice of yoga has many scientifically proven mental and physical health benefits for both children and adults. Now, what benefits can implementing yoga practice in the classroom have?

To begin with, it is important to note that different research has found that yoga in the classroom could have many benefits for children. First, the benefit that may seem most obvious has to do with well-being.

In addition, practicing yoga at school can also help children improve their grades. On the other hand, teachers can also benefit from this practice.

Benefits of yoga in the classroom

Yoga in school settings has been shown to benefit both children and adolescents. For example, yoga in the classroom not only promotes processes related to self-esteem and confidence, but also helps to regulate stress and improve concentration. This has very positive implications for the learning process.

Specifically, the main benefits that the practice of yoga in the classroom has for children are the following:

• Reduces stress and anxiety. The desire to improve and show their worth, added to the pressure exerted by their environment, makes children very stressed. Yoga helps to stop mental speech and to live in the moment fully, to reduce stress and anxiety, as well as to regain peace of mind.
• Improved memory and attention span. Yoga helps improve memory function in both adults and children. It also helps improve children’s attention span and focus.
• Improved academic performance. By being calmer and more focused, with stress under control, children have the opportunity to dedicate more resources to studies, which significantly improves their academic performance.
• More active life. Children spend a lot of time sitting in the classroom, so practicing yoga helps them break this cycle of sedentary lifestyle and develop healthy habits.

• Improved posture. One of the problems with prolonged sitting in non-ergonomic seats is that it is easy to get bad posture. The practice of yoga helps the little ones to acquire healthy postures.
• Learning breathing techniques. Breathing is vital to life. Breathing techniques, by themselves, help children take control. They also help them relax and oxygenate the brain.
• Promotion of mindfulness. Mindfulness is knowing how to be in the present. This helps to focus on what is being done and to value the qualities and opportunities that are available at all times. With this, stress and anxiety are reduced. Learning these techniques offers teachers the opportunity to help a child having a bad time or to calm the class in a situation of group disturbance.
• Improve self-control. In the classroom, many problems that arise are due to children’s self-control problems. Teaching yoga techniques helps teachers maintain order and children improve their attitude and relationships. In fact, as boys advance in their yoga practice, they will have more control over themselves.
  

• Improved coping skills. Children face a multitude of stressful situations and the practice of yoga teaches them to deal with and manage stress correctly.
• Improvement of the immune system. The regular practice of yoga improves immunity, which helps them to be more prepared for different diseases.
• Improved quality of sleep. Children need a lot of sleep and a good night’s sleep. This is because, by promoting a calmer life, they are more relaxed at bedtime. This helps not only to get them to bed earlier, but to sleep much better.

Teachers also benefit

Likewise, the practice of yoga in the classroom also has many benefits for teachers. On the one hand, if students are calmer and more attentive, teachers can do their work better. This will help them feel more self-fulfilled and committed to their work.

On the other hand, teachers who do yoga with their students bond with them. This facilitates the creation of a climate of greater trust. Additionally, teachers can reap the same physical and emotional benefits as children.

Now that you know the many benefits that yoga provides in the classroom, what are you waiting for to do it with your students?