Can a child with special needs do yoga?
Children’s yoga is immensely helpful for those with learning disabilities and special needs. Often the physical yoga poses, taught in fun ways with breathing and songs, allow a child to move into a position that they cannot get into if someone just tells them to do it. Then, through the body experience of connecting their coordination and action, they develop and grow. Yoga, as mentioned above, helps children find balanced energy, whether hyperactive or tired. Ideally, yoga classes successfully incorporate children with learning disabilities and some special needs. That said, children with severe special needs are ideally taught one-on-one or in very small group private sessions by a therapist or special needs yoga teacher, or they could come to class with their therapist who can make proper modifications. The yoga teacher should be contacted beforehand to discuss what will work best for each child, and may be able to refer you to specialists in your area, for those children with sever
