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Around the world - Yoga for Kids from Hungary

Yoga practice serves the natural and harmonious development of the child. This family program welcomes all ages and experience levels. Yoga cultivates physical agility, concentration, and holistic personal growth. We base our practice on Sāṃkhya philosophy, connecting postures playfully to nature. Sessions include āsana, relaxation with stories, and craft activities aligned with festivals. The practice addresses inner needs and helps overcome personal complexes. It provides a complete cycle for non-violent development.

"Yoga begins from the child's inner needs and helps them overcome their problems and complexes."

"It allows for the child's natural and non-violent development and the harmonious unfolding of every aspect of their personality."

Filming location: Hungary

I warmly welcome you all. I am certain I have met each one of you before. I believe we should reveal ourselves to each other from within. I am Kirām. Now, children! Let's go! We are here at the national āśrama. We can participate in a children's yoga program, or rather a family program, because this is a place where children and adults—parents and children—can practice together. We usually organize this here at the yoga center about once a month, and anyone can come. This includes not only those who have been practicing yoga for a long time but complete beginners as well. As you can see, all age groups can be represented here, from the very youngest to the elderly. Through the practice of yoga, a child not only gains flexibility, agility, and the ability to concentrate, but the practice of āsanas also keeps many illnesses at bay. Yoga begins from the child's inner needs and helps them overcome their problems and complexes. It allows for the child's natural and non-violent development and the harmonious unfolding of every aspect of their personality in all directions, fully and completely. We practice based on the Sāṃkhya philosophy. Based on this, children and adults can participate in playful yoga practices. In addition, we connect the āsanas—the various postures—with animals and plants, as described in Sāṃkhya texts, so that we can practice in a complete cycle. After this, we relax, for example by telling stories to the children. Then we usually hold craft activities at this time as well. As we are slowly preparing for the upcoming festivals—Dīvalī has just passed, and now Christmas is approaching—we were just decorating a candle. Alongside that, we always watch an Indian story, a short animated film; right now, you could watch one about Hanumān. After the appropriate time, Anjanā gave birth to her son, Hanumān, a little monkey baby. This happened through the grace of the Almighty in three years. Although she becomes skillful in these movement sequences, the little girl enjoys the fact that she has already received so much praise: "Wow, you know this too, you know that, how skillful you are." She also really enjoys the little animals, so it seems the little one is enjoying the gathering more. Alright, so we practiced yoga, either at home with a few things or at an event in Orci Garden where there was a demonstration. There is the little girl, and from there, the good experience. I think they found the stories a bit hard to digest, but they were very captivated by them. So, there are many interesting names in it, but one of the little girls... Esik! Well, he translated for us. And he really liked the artisan jewelry; I saw that originally they were deeply immersed and rejuvenated.

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