Is there any difference in yoga for adults and yoga for children?

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Hi Gulfam! Yoga is essentially is the same for all. At the same time, adults and kids should be going different yoga classes due to the teaching style. Kids will get bored easily in adult classes, which is why they need more interactive activities and playful language to engage in the asanas. Also,...
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Hi Gulfam! Yoga is essentially is the same for all. At the same time, adults and kids should be going different yoga classes due to the teaching style. Kids will get bored easily in adult classes, which is why they need more interactive activities and playful language to engage in the asanas. Also, beacuse their bones are soft they can do a lot of asanas without any difficulty. So, because of their differences in the physical structure and the way they respond, the classes need to be different. read less
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Martial Arts Teacher With 30 Years Experience

No it depends on age, flexibility, eagerness, medical condition etc. There are case when a adult is not able to do a particular asan but a child will do it easily. And when a child cannot do it the adult do it easily.
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Nope yoga s common for all
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Yoga Consultant and Trainer with 9 Years of Experience in Yoga and Wellness field

Yes for children's Yoga is different. And for adult different yoga
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yes some. there are limited asana for kids
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I am a Certified and experienced Yoga Teacher and a Yoga practitioner

As far as techniques are concerned, no major ddicference. But may be some changes in breathing pattern, holding time, etc., basically kids adviced to not hold the breathe.
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Some techniques are specific for adults
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yes b`coz children bones and muscle are more flexible than adults ..
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