Yoga for Children with Special Needs

From birth onwards

Benefits of Yoga for Children with Special Needs

  • Helps communication
  • Routines help with sequencing and improving concentration as well as developing cognitive skills
  • Postures help with fine motor coordination, hand to eye coordination and auditory processing
  • Balances help improve muscle tone
  • Stretches help increase flexibility and correct postural alignment
  • Classes boost self-esteem and develop co-ordination of the brain and body
  • Yoga sessions can incorporate physiotherapy exercises into a more relaxed and accepting body
  • Breathing exercises will complement the work of a Speech and Language Therapist

Yoga is a system of practice that originated in India more than 3,000 years ago. Yoga works on many different levels, mind, body and breath, and has shown itself as an effective therapy for many conditions from Down’s Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy to ADHD and Autism.