The Importance of Yoga during Adolescence Period
Adolescence refers to the period of transition from childhood to adulthood. During this period young boys and girls develop to sexual maturity. Developing one’s own identity, dealing with sexual maturation and development, emancipation from home, re-examination of beliefs are the major psychological developments for the adolescent. A method for providing the major necessities for a healthy, confident lifestyle should be introduced to the adolescent, if not before adolescence.
The systematic practice of Yogasanas is ideal for these children as it helps to keep the glandular system balanced and functioning well. When practising Asanas, there is stimulation and balancing within the thyroid gland, which is the second most important gland in the body and controls all the lower glands.
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Yoga postures not only help to strengthen bones and muscles, but when one reaches the adolescence stage, the execution of the postures is done with more time and awareness than when one is younger and the body is still developing. Physical movements from one posture to another provide strength, flexibility and health in general to the bones and muscles; maintaining the positions for a period of time brings about internal, hormonal and cellular changes.
