Monica, a Zenergy Yoga graduate called to share this special moment with me, and it brought me to tears.
A parent called her in complete desperation.
She said, “My 9 year old daughter hasn’t slept in her own bed for over 2 years. She’s suffering from severe anxiety. We’ve tried everything and nothing has helped. We’ve seen specialists, counsellors, psychologists, and doctors. Please help, we are desperate.”
So, Monica scheduled a private yoga session with the 9 year old. They went through a class to help with stress and anxiety, all based on her training with Zenergy Yoga.
The very next day, Monica got this message from the mother, “Mon! You won’t believe it – She slept in her own bed last night for the first time in two years and she didn’t even need me to take her to bed. She did the exercises you gave her before bed and woke up this morning, feeling happy and confident. Thank you so much, it’s literally changed our lives.”
All that in just one session.
That is the power of yoga and the profound benefits it provides for children suffering from stress and anxiety.
A little girl went from feeling severely anxious, afraid, alone, unable to cope, worried about going to school, not wanting to be away from mum to finding her inner confidence in 24 hours.
Mum went from desperation to heart-felt gratitude in one day.
She arrived feeling hopeless, watching her little girl suffering and wanting to help.
She’d been to see specialist after specialist and 2 years on, there was no relief.
Until yoga.
How many other children and mums are going through the same thing? Anxiety, depression, stress, isolation, self-criticism.
What no one tells you is that there is a solution.
To calm anxiety in the short-term, try a few rounds of belly breathing.
Have the child place their hands on their belly and breathe in, filling the belly with air, and breathing out, feeling the belly sink.
Yoga Poses, like Tree Pose, Eagle, Power Pose, or Chair Pose will also help to calm and stabilize emotions.
For a long-term solution, look to Kids Yoga Therapy – specific meridian-based asanas that teach the nervous system to calm, release anxiety and remove stress patterns … gone.
It was these yoga therapy movements that Monica taught to her little student and that created an immediate result.
Add to those movements, the magic of a calming breathing exercise, or a short relaxation and you’ll see long lasting change.
With that being said, to learn ways to help your children, or the kids in your classroom, who might be suffering from anxiety & stress come join us at the Online Kids Yoga Training Course.
You will learn hundreds of strategies, tools, tips to help children’s mental and emotional health and be able to provide children & teens with a solid, unwavering sense of self.
Click here to find out more about helping children and teens through yoga.
Loraine x
