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Research shows that Yoga and Meditation positively change the lives of children. Here are some studies.
“The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of mindfulness training through yoga with school-age girls to reduce perceived stress, enhance coping abilities, self-esteem, and self-regulation, and explore the relationship between the dose of the intervention and outcomes. . . Self-esteem and self-regulation increased in both groups. The intervention group was more likely to report greater appraisal of stress (p < .01) and greater frequency of coping (p < .05).”
– White et al (2014), Journal of Pediatric Health Care
“After the 6-week yoga program, children had a significant decrease in anxiety score while adolescent scores showed a decreasing trend. Scores for fatigue, sleep, and balance remained stable post-intervention. Fatigue and balance scores were below norms for health children/adolescents while sleep and anxiety scores were similar to healthy peers.”
– Hooke et al (2015), Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
“These results suggest that school-based yoga programs may be appropriate for promoting healthy behaviors at a societal level by focusing on the prevention of negative patterns during the adolescent transition.“
– Conboy et al (2013), Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
“The results suggest that yoga may have a protective effect on academic performance by preventing declines in GPA. ”
– Butzer et al (2015), Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
“In conclusion, the study presents the efficacy of yoga to improve strength, endurance, whole body endurance and aerobic capacity with 3 months of training in the pediatric group.”
– D’souza et al (2014), Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
“These results suggest that school-based yoga programs may be appropriate for promoting healthy behaviors at a societal level by focusing on the prevention of negative patterns during the adolescent transition.“
– Conboy et al (2013), Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
“Group yoga is effective in promoting relaxation in children and adolescents with recurrent headache. Yoga may offer an adjunct to common pharmaceutical options for headache management for children and adolescents.”
– Fury et al (2013), Global Advances in Health and Medicine
“Positive effects of yoga have been shown in persons with mental-health problems, eating disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. There is considerable evidence that mind-body interventions have mild to moderate effects on physical symptoms, psychological functioning and [quality of life], and may be particularly helpful for children and adolescents coping with acute pain…chronic abdominal pain…and mental-health problems.”
– Hartmann et al (2012), Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
“The results of this pilot study demonstrate that a six-week peer-mediated multimodal behavioral program that included Yoga and Meditation can lead to measurable benefits in children with ADHD. More than 50% of the children improved their academic and behavioral performance.”
– Mehta et al (2011), ISRN Pediatrics
“The results show that the students who practiced yoga performed better in academics. The study further shows that low-stress students performed better than high-stress students, meaning thereby that stress affects the students' performance.“
– Kauts et al (2009), International Journal of Yoga
“This qualitative study of six focus groups across four public schools in New York City found that middle and high school students perceived the benefits to yoga as increased self-regulation, mindfulness, self-esteem, physical conditioning, academic performance, and stress reduction.”
–Wang et al (2016), Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
“Among students with higher participation, those assigned to yoga classes had a significantly higher GPA. For example, at 49 classes of participation for both groups, students assigned to yoga classes had an estimated 2.70 higher mean GPA (effect size = 0.31) than students assigned to PE.
‐Hagins et al (2016), Mind, Brain, and Education
“After the 6-week yoga program, children (n = 7) had a significant decrease in anxiety score (P = .04) while adolescent scores (n = 7) showed a decreasing trend (P = .10). Scores for fatigue, sleep, and balance remained stable post-intervention. Fatigue and balance scores were below norms for health children/adolescents while sleep and anxiety scores were similar to healthy peers.”
– Hooke et al (2015), Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
“There was highly significant improvement in the IQ and social adaptation parameters in the yoga group as compared to the control group. This study shows the efficacy of yoga as an effective therapeutic tool in the management of mentally challenged children.”
– Uma et al (1989), Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
“The results suggest that yoga practice, including physical postures, yoga breathing, meditation and guided relaxation improved delayed recall of spatial information.”
– Manjunath et al (2004), Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
“Within these limitations, we may conclude that in-patients with ADHD can be taught a package of yoga along with other medical treatments. The findings encourage RCT of yoga intervention in in-patients with ADHD. There is a suggestion from this study that home yoga practice is also feasible and may benefit ADHD.”
– Hariprasad et al (2013), Indian Journal of Psychiatry
“Positive effects of yoga have been shown in persons with mental-health problems, eating disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. There is considerable evidence that mind-body interventions have mild to moderate effects on physical symptoms, psychological functioning and [quality of life], and may be particularly helpful for children coping with acute pain…chronic abdominal pain…and mental-health problems.”
– Hartmann et al (2012), Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
“This pilot study suggests that yoga exercises are effective for children aged 8–18 years with [functional abdominal pain], resulting in significant reduction of pain intensity and frequency, especially in children of 8–11 years old. Parents reported a significantly higher [Kidscreen quality of life] score after yoga treatment.”
– Brands et al (2011), Complementary Therapies in Medicine
– White et al (2014), Journal of Pediatric Health Care
“After the 6-week yoga program, children had a significant decrease in anxiety score while adolescent scores showed a decreasing trend. Scores for fatigue, sleep, and balance remained stable post-intervention. Fatigue and balance scores were below norms for health children/adolescents while sleep and anxiety scores were similar to healthy peers.”
– Hooke et al (2015), Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
“These results suggest that school-based yoga programs may be appropriate for promoting healthy behaviors at a societal level by focusing on the prevention of negative patterns during the adolescent transition.“
– Conboy et al (2013), Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
“The results suggest that yoga may have a protective effect on academic performance by preventing declines in GPA. ”
– Butzer et al (2015), Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
“In conclusion, the study presents the efficacy of yoga to improve strength, endurance, whole body endurance and aerobic capacity with 3 months of training in the pediatric group.”
– D’souza et al (2014), Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
“These results suggest that school-based yoga programs may be appropriate for promoting healthy behaviors at a societal level by focusing on the prevention of negative patterns during the adolescent transition.“
– Conboy et al (2013), Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
“Group yoga is effective in promoting relaxation in children and adolescents with recurrent headache. Yoga may offer an adjunct to common pharmaceutical options for headache management for children and adolescents.”
– Fury et al (2013), Global Advances in Health and Medicine
“Positive effects of yoga have been shown in persons with mental-health problems, eating disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. There is considerable evidence that mind-body interventions have mild to moderate effects on physical symptoms, psychological functioning and [quality of life], and may be particularly helpful for children and adolescents coping with acute pain…chronic abdominal pain…and mental-health problems.”
– Hartmann et al (2012), Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
“The results of this pilot study demonstrate that a six-week peer-mediated multimodal behavioral program that included Yoga and Meditation can lead to measurable benefits in children with ADHD. More than 50% of the children improved their academic and behavioral performance.”
– Mehta et al (2011), ISRN Pediatrics
“The results show that the students who practiced yoga performed better in academics. The study further shows that low-stress students performed better than high-stress students, meaning thereby that stress affects the students' performance.“
– Kauts et al (2009), International Journal of Yoga
“This qualitative study of six focus groups across four public schools in New York City found that middle and high school students perceived the benefits to yoga as increased self-regulation, mindfulness, self-esteem, physical conditioning, academic performance, and stress reduction.”
–Wang et al (2016), Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
“Among students with higher participation, those assigned to yoga classes had a significantly higher GPA. For example, at 49 classes of participation for both groups, students assigned to yoga classes had an estimated 2.70 higher mean GPA (effect size = 0.31) than students assigned to PE.
‐Hagins et al (2016), Mind, Brain, and Education
“After the 6-week yoga program, children (n = 7) had a significant decrease in anxiety score (P = .04) while adolescent scores (n = 7) showed a decreasing trend (P = .10). Scores for fatigue, sleep, and balance remained stable post-intervention. Fatigue and balance scores were below norms for health children/adolescents while sleep and anxiety scores were similar to healthy peers.”
– Hooke et al (2015), Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing
“There was highly significant improvement in the IQ and social adaptation parameters in the yoga group as compared to the control group. This study shows the efficacy of yoga as an effective therapeutic tool in the management of mentally challenged children.”
– Uma et al (1989), Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
“The results suggest that yoga practice, including physical postures, yoga breathing, meditation and guided relaxation improved delayed recall of spatial information.”
– Manjunath et al (2004), Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
“Within these limitations, we may conclude that in-patients with ADHD can be taught a package of yoga along with other medical treatments. The findings encourage RCT of yoga intervention in in-patients with ADHD. There is a suggestion from this study that home yoga practice is also feasible and may benefit ADHD.”
– Hariprasad et al (2013), Indian Journal of Psychiatry
“Positive effects of yoga have been shown in persons with mental-health problems, eating disorders and irritable bowel syndrome. There is considerable evidence that mind-body interventions have mild to moderate effects on physical symptoms, psychological functioning and [quality of life], and may be particularly helpful for children coping with acute pain…chronic abdominal pain…and mental-health problems.”
– Hartmann et al (2012), Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies
“This pilot study suggests that yoga exercises are effective for children aged 8–18 years with [functional abdominal pain], resulting in significant reduction of pain intensity and frequency, especially in children of 8–11 years old. Parents reported a significantly higher [Kidscreen quality of life] score after yoga treatment.”
– Brands et al (2011), Complementary Therapies in Medicine