How Yoga Helps Children with Speech Delays

If you child is experiencing speech delays, you are not alone, and you are not out of options. While traditional speech therapy remains essential, integrating movement and mindfulness can enhance communication skills in unique and powerful ways and yet, one suprsising and yet effective method is Yoga. Speech requires controlled breath support and yoga can teach children how to regulate their breath through slow, mindful excercises, like the Balloon Breath or Bumblebee breath.

Yoga also involves cross-body movements that stimulate both the right and left sides of the brain and help to build motor planning, coordination and sensory integration. Mindfulness reduces communication anxiety thru a non judgmental and playful space, PLUS, it is FUN and that Matters! Children learn best through play and yoga taps into that imagination with movement, creating learning opportunities where speech can flourish naturally.