See 4 reasons why you should let your child learn to meditate

There are many benefits to learning meditation for your child, especially in the mental aspect. Your baby will also sleep better and develop social interaction skills.

Parents want to bring their children the best things, from clothes, education to daily food. So try an option that your baby will love. It is meditation, an extremely effective mind training method that is good for controlling emotions, desires and intellectual development. The following article, aFamilyToday Health will explain why you should let your child learn to meditate.

1. Rest your mind

The mind gets stressed when one moves from one thought to another. If the pressure is on the mind cannot calm down. Have you noticed that your child is fascinated by technology? When using them, children have the opportunity to access creative games, new information, connect with many people. However, being too immersed in technology will make children lose their ability to think and focus when real-life situations occur and can cause them to be stressed.

Therefore, you want your child to return to reality, gradually restore the habit of thinking to solve the problems happening around them. So how to help children focus more? The answer is to let your child meditate. When the mind is not stressed, you will have the best creative mind. Meditation will help your child's mind get a necessary rest and full, thereby functioning more effectively.

2. Prepare for the challenges of puberty

If your child is a teenager, you may find that he is emotionally strong and easily influenced by those around him.

When you learn to meditate, you will learn how to think steadily and feel secure. Meditation also helps children to be more sensitive and healthy, even though the hormones in the body are changing during puberty.

3. Eliminate the pressure to study

When fully acquiring knowledge (solving difficult problems or watching a beautiful sunset), the mind will not appear any anxiety or anger. When the mind is in a calm state, the body also relaxes. If there is no more pressure, the results will be much better. 

Currently, children suffer a lot of pressure from grades in school. Meditation will free your baby from the negative effects of stress and allow his mind to warm up and regain inspiration. This method also helps children to expand their thinking and have optimal situations.

4. Support for emotional development

Children often feel frustrated or frustrated when something does not go as it should, becomes difficult because they have not learned patience. Toddlers are often screaming and crying to ask for their favorite toys. Whereas kindergartners will react strongly if asked to do something they don't want. Technology can help solve the baby's needs, temporarily alleviate the emotions, but this will make the child gradually become more impatient.

When your child learns to meditate, he will return to the natural rhythm of the emotions in the body, quickly regaining balance to deal with negativity, fear or disappointment. Meditation aids development and rest of the mind so that children are not overwhelmed by strong emotions.

Note when letting children practice meditation

The way children approach meditation is often different from that of adults. Children learn by watching so you will be the most positive role model for them to learn to meditate.

You can start by assigning a small, quiet corner of the home to comfortably and undisturbed meditation practice. In addition, the decoration of the meditation place is also very important so that the child can enter the mind more quickly. Opt for lit candles as well as a few essential oils for relaxation or music if needed.

Children often learn well through play. So you can start by emulating with your baby who can stay quiet the longest. Then, explain to your child the wonderful meaning of silence. When you are quiet, you will know your true thoughts and feelings.

Make a plan for a period of time so that the time of meditation becomes a daily routine for your child. You can start with 10 minutes a day and then sit for longer. 

Deep breathing techniques are also great for young children because they are easy to understand and can be done anywhere. The breath is connected to every part of the body. Therefore, breathing properly can bring calm.

Here are a few breathing exercises for young children:

Nadi Shodhan: Use your fingers to cover 1 nostril, then breathe through the other nostril. Switch sides and repeat every 5 minutes.

Abdominal breathing:  Inhale deeply and pull in your stomach, then exhale slowly through your mouth, while relaxing your abdominal muscles. For each inhale and exhale you will hold for 5 count hours. Repeat this process.