Yoga is for Everybody
Yoga is for everybody, truly! Not convinced? Hear me out! It seems that life is so busy for most people that it’s nearly impossible to make real, meaningful connections in our lives, even with those in our own home. The disconnect happens with friends, family, even with our own children, never mind ourselves. Seriously, when’s the last time someone asked you what you like to do in your free time and you thought or actually said, “I don’t have a hobby right now, maybe when the kids are older.” Ask yourself these two questions: when’s the last time I took time out to really connect with myself? When was the last time I was mindful and intentional with my breath and thoughts?
Now, imagine yourself positioned next to someone you love or care for.
Imagine what it might feel like to connect with yourself and with each other through gentle yoga poses and breathing. Consider how your kids/friend/significant other might feel knowing you purposed time to reconnect with them. Imagine what you might feel like to calm those thoughts and ideas (even the fun ones) that are distracting you from your present being.
This doesn’t end where our gender, race, or physical limitations begin.
CALLING ALL #BOYMOMS! Boys need (and love) yoga too! They enjoy the fun of learning poses, participating in mindfulness and play, and the strategies they learn may just help them focus
As humans we need mindfulness.
We need to actively seek out ways to help us focus in schools, at home, and in our careers. We need to learn ways to create good habits in life, now. It’s our job as parents to model the behaviors we wish to instill in our children and provide our children with as many opportunities to learn as possible. In the classroom, at home, and in life in general. We can set them up for success using yoga as one tool!
Yoga is for every body and you’re in luck!
Heather Horrell, a postpartum and infant care specialist here at The Jax Baby Co. is also a phenomenal kid, prenatal, and family yoga instructor. She owns Grow Family, a studio in the heart of Riverside in Jacksonville, Florida and she has created a one-of-a-kind business catering to ALL families and everyBODY! What do you consider a family? Is it just you and your kiddos? Great! Is it you, your spouse, and your two children? Awesome! Is it just you? Yeah! Well lucky for you because yoga is for everybody!
