YOGA BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Yoga is a Hindu philosophy that teaches people to control their body and mind in order to reach inner peace. Traditionally yoga was a way to unite the physical, spiritual, and emotional aspects of a person, thereby allowing them to reach a state of inner peace, or mindfulness. Yoga has three components: the emotional (breath), the physical (poses), and the spiritual (meditation). Yoga is one of the six schools of ancient Indian Philosophy that enables one to achieve higher levels of performance, helping manifest the potentials from within.  Yoga is a great boon to civilized man having preventive, curative as well as rehabilitative potential. It is a spiritual science for the integrated and holistic development of physical, mental and spiritual aspects of our being.  Yoga is a conventional long-established and time-tested art and therapeutic science that has positive contribution to make in maintenance of general well-being and happiness of all. “Yoga is a way of life”, says Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj, which can make a person rediscover his best in life. The practice is calming and provides a rare opportunity in our chaotic lives enabling one to focus inwards.