The Parent's Complete Guide to Ayurveda: Principles, Practices, and Recipes for Happy, Healthy Kids by Jayarajan Kodikannath & Alyson Young Gregory

Author:Jayarajan Kodikannath & Alyson Young Gregory [Kodikannath, Jayarajan & Young Gregory, Alyson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781611808520
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2022-08-23T00:00:00+00:00

Balance in Motion

The key to unlocking these benefits, however, is balance—something that can be tricky for busy parents to achieve while keeping up with the hectic pace of everyday life. Ayurveda clearly conveys that exercise and activity performed beyond optimal requirements based on age, constitution, and other factors can lead to depletion and degeneration for both children and adults. We will explore the different ways Ayurveda can help you determine how much physical activity and exercise your child needs to stay healthy throughout this chapter, but just remember your intuition is key. When you notice signs of mental and physical stress, they may be overdoing things—and you may be too! Following simple Ayurvedic principles can help you customize an optimal plan of physical activity that will support your children’s talents and help them develop stamina, strength, and stability.

Exercise should be performed based on your child’s constitution, current imbalances, and the following considerations:

• Age: All children are in the kapha stage of life and need activities specific to their kapha age versus the elderly who are in the vata stage of life and prone to more degenerative disorders like arthritis.

• Strength: While exercise is important for building strength, it’s important you follow your child’s constitutional guidelines for stamina and endurance to avoid overexertion.

• Physique: Honor your child’s natural body type; some children are petite, others are well-built.

• Habitat: Be mindful of the effects of the doshas where you live. Increased activity levels and water sports may be ideal near a beach, but in drier locations, you may have to be more mindful about vata aggravation and counterbalancing exercise and activity with nutrition and massage, for example.

• Season: Adapt your child’s activity levels to the seasonal cycles of the doshas.

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