Baby Yoga Facts, Fiction and Expert Advice - The baby yoga video that recently went viral has little to do with mommy and baby yoga classes you might see advertised at the local gym. Is it for real and is yoga for kids really a good idea? The answers (to both) may surprise you.
Baby Yoga or Child Abuse?
Dad Wagon posts a baby yoga video that is not for the faint of heart. Titled "Baby Yoga with Lena Fokina," the practice depicts what American audiences would term child abuse. An infant is swung by its ankles and causally flung after being held by the wrists. Try this in the U.S., and the police are sure to come knocking.
Insisting that the baby yoga video is for real and that it represents an up-and-coming practice among Russian parenting mavens, it points to the stark opposite of America's propensity to coddle its children. Fokina asserts that her "exercise" enables children to talk, read and swim well ahead of their peers. To American eyes, this form of extreme yoga is a prime example of everything you should not do to a baby.
Is Baby Yoga Real?
The extreme nature of baby yoga has audiences question its authenticity. Even so, mommy and baby yoga classes - minus the extreme aspects - are already part of the American exercise landscape. Yoga with Your Baby explains that yoga postures can be modified for infants and toddlers.
More playful than extreme, moms coax babies to get into the poses without actually forcibly moving the children's limbs. As a general rule of thumb, mom and baby yoga exercises take place when the infant is developmentally able to hold up the head, which places the earliest age at approximately four months.
Experts Weigh in on Baby Yoga Poses
Yoga for kids is becoming quite a phenomenon. Even so, the reception among the circle of experts is mixed, as outlined by Isaac Eliaz, M.D., M.S., L.Ac. Acknowledging that childhood obesity on the one hand represents a growing trend among a largely sedentary generation, yoga on the other hand might be the stress-defying low-impact exercise that kids can do anywhere.
Even so, reactions are varied.
American Yoga Association President Alice Christensen warns parents away from yoga for kids. Citing the manipulation of glandular and nervous systems, she considers yoga to be the type of exercise that should come with a "16 and up" warning; Dr. Hank Chambers suggests that although physically demanding yoga for kids is not a good idea, the stretching and relaxation exercises are actually beneficial.
If the "Baby Yoga with Lena Fokina" video is real, it clearly contradicts everything that physicians and yoga instructors recommend; moreover, it has precious little to do with bona fide baby yoga poses. For the parent who wants to enroll a child in a baby yoga class, please be sure to seek out a professionally led mom and baby yoga session. Do not try what you saw in the video at home...ever. ( news.yahoo.com )
Baby Yoga or Child Abuse?
Dad Wagon posts a baby yoga video that is not for the faint of heart. Titled "Baby Yoga with Lena Fokina," the practice depicts what American audiences would term child abuse. An infant is swung by its ankles and causally flung after being held by the wrists. Try this in the U.S., and the police are sure to come knocking.
Insisting that the baby yoga video is for real and that it represents an up-and-coming practice among Russian parenting mavens, it points to the stark opposite of America's propensity to coddle its children. Fokina asserts that her "exercise" enables children to talk, read and swim well ahead of their peers. To American eyes, this form of extreme yoga is a prime example of everything you should not do to a baby.
Is Baby Yoga Real?
The extreme nature of baby yoga has audiences question its authenticity. Even so, mommy and baby yoga classes - minus the extreme aspects - are already part of the American exercise landscape. Yoga with Your Baby explains that yoga postures can be modified for infants and toddlers.
More playful than extreme, moms coax babies to get into the poses without actually forcibly moving the children's limbs. As a general rule of thumb, mom and baby yoga exercises take place when the infant is developmentally able to hold up the head, which places the earliest age at approximately four months.
Experts Weigh in on Baby Yoga Poses
Yoga for kids is becoming quite a phenomenon. Even so, the reception among the circle of experts is mixed, as outlined by Isaac Eliaz, M.D., M.S., L.Ac. Acknowledging that childhood obesity on the one hand represents a growing trend among a largely sedentary generation, yoga on the other hand might be the stress-defying low-impact exercise that kids can do anywhere.
Even so, reactions are varied.
American Yoga Association President Alice Christensen warns parents away from yoga for kids. Citing the manipulation of glandular and nervous systems, she considers yoga to be the type of exercise that should come with a "16 and up" warning; Dr. Hank Chambers suggests that although physically demanding yoga for kids is not a good idea, the stretching and relaxation exercises are actually beneficial.
If the "Baby Yoga with Lena Fokina" video is real, it clearly contradicts everything that physicians and yoga instructors recommend; moreover, it has precious little to do with bona fide baby yoga poses. For the parent who wants to enroll a child in a baby yoga class, please be sure to seek out a professionally led mom and baby yoga session. Do not try what you saw in the video at home...ever. ( news.yahoo.com )
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