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Exploring the Experience of Children’s Yoga from the Practitioner’s Perspective
Exploring the Experience of Children’s Yoga
Exploring the Experience of Children’s Yoga from the Practitioner’s Perspective: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis – By Joanne Owens
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Yoga classes at local community centers or athletic facilities are often mentioned when discussing yoga for adults. Along with other resources for home practice, such as yoga mats and music, YouTube videos or even yoga literature. However, the information on yoga for children is scarce. Children should be able to access yoga from an early age if adults know the benefits it offers to their bodies and mind. In the words of Frederick Douglass (1855) cited by Mapp & Gabel (2019) ‘It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken…
