Children’s hearts are so open. They are filled with love and compassion rather than judgement. They are taught that yoga is fun and benefit from the powerful metaphors of the storytelling that help build self-compassion, morals and ethics. They are invited to go home and teach what they’ve learnt to their grown-ups so they too can reap the benefits, perhaps to think and breathe a little differently. Even more complex topics, such as the chakra system, can be explored if taught in an ageappropriate way.
MULADHARA: The first chakra can be stimulated by going barefoot and feeling the earth underfoot, stamping on the ground, stomping about, chanting ‘Tat twam asi’ (‘That you are’ or ‘I am That’). Postures such as Tadasana (Mountain) and Tree can work wonders with the Muladhara chakra.