Yoga per i bambini
METODO BALYAYOGA®
THE BALYAYOGA® METHOD TEACHING takes place through many tools:
- the game: the playful component is the method basis, as it is the privileged language to reach the child’s heart; breathing is important for children and the Balyayoga method is taught through games and simple exercises so that even the kids can learn the correct breathing. No pranayamas are taught to children.
- Poses (asanas): by associating yoga poses with the names of plants, animals and elements found in nature, children are inspired by what surround them to better know their own body. Stories for growth nourish rational and emotional intelligence, becoming an effective tool of world’s knowledge The yoga poses taught in Balyayoga Method are specifically designed for children and they are not a simplification of those practiced by adults, but the poses can be practiced by children without any risk of physical damage and they are not associated with a breathing technique.
- songs and nursery-rhymes: thanks to their easy need to assimilate moral principles and values in a nice and cheerful way;
- creative and fantasy activities: imagination and creativity are at the heart of the child’s psychic development. The Balyayoga© method involves children’s creativity stimulation through artistic activities, a powerful tool for voicing feelings and emotions, through beauty and creativity, to kid’s inner world. They draw or colour mandalas or do other manual works, the teacher reads or recites stories and nursery-rhymes, intriguing them with Tibetan singing bowls and other “fantastic” educational objects, with dance and mudras, each time different ones. In this way, not only is the child’s aesthetic intelligence is stimulated but, above all, it is evaluated and expressed through those emotions and moods which emerge from the internalization process. Furthermore, the storytelling translate the same emotions into thoughts, providing children with appropriate knowledge tools.
- silence: it is the fundamental key to learning to focus attention on oneself and therefore to achieve his/her own INTEGRITY. Meditation is taught according to the age group. If the children are younger, the meditation lasts few moments, the older ones manage to stay still and silent even for several minutes.
Furthermore, the stories told translate the same emotions into thoughts, providing children with appropriate knowledge tools.
Group yoga classes in age group: 3-6 years old, class duration 30 minutes 7-13 years old, class duration from 45 minutes to one hour. Children choose imagination language and during the classes fun activities are taught to intrigue them and stimulate their creativity. ability to alternate playful moments and relaxation moments, guiding children towards an introspective path in which meditation is a way to teach silence and listening to the Self. The typical lesson is structured according to a sinusoidal flow, dynamic parts followed by other quieter ones, in order to accompany the child through free expression naturally.
The first part, more playful and dynamic, includes games in pairs, breathing exercises and warm-ups. The fact of being fun activities, places the child in a condition to express his/her energy freely.
In the second part there are some poses (asana) and a short final self-massage, to get the child used to being in contact with his/her body.
In the third part, there are always different activities, new inputs are provided each time, stimulating the children’s curiosity: Tibetan singing bowls are played, mandalas are coloured or other manual works are done, dances, mudras or songs are taught, also accompanied by music instruments.
Lastly, the class ends with a relaxation or a short meditation / visualization for a deep self-listening.
The yoga path for children, is a psychophysical path that helps children to consciously develop their deepest and most authentic self, it aims to increase their own True Self-knowledge through a concentration and internalization work and therefore yoga can really become a science of the Being, a human being in progress, with a primary purpose, the creation of a living and complete self.
I offer courses for kindergarten, primary school and secondary school.