Abstract
Unlike past, preteens and teens today lead a mentally and emotionally charged life along with the exacting physical rigors of their daily life. Apart from sports, academics, parents and peers the mentioned age group is also spending a considerable amount of time in the virtual, digital world of social media connectivity along with its various appendages. Unregulated social media exposure often makes life a tightrope existence for these children and adolescents. Studies have shown that the increasing use of social media and technology is having a negative impact on the physical and mental health of children and teenagers by making them more prone to anxiety, depression, and other psychological disorders, as well as by making them more susceptible to future health problems. In this light of increased stress and health problems with growing social media usage, this paper reviews studies and proposes yoga as a mind-body alternative medicine intervention to improve physical and mental health conditions. It also highlights the efficacy of yoga as a complementary therapy enhancing overall wellbeing of children. After reviewing relevant available literature, we conclude that Yoga has the potential to be a promising complementary therapy for children and adolescents but more efforts are required to find most effective application and implementation methods for the same.
Highlights
Throughout the first 70 years of research, there was a common assumption that adolescence was a time of “storm and stress” (Hall, 1904)
Adolescence is the important time in which an individual learns how to deal with the world. It can be a stressful time for children, parents, and adults who work with teens
Many children worry about moving from middle school to high school or from school to college, it is a transition that has been stressful for most people (Brooks & DuBois, 1995)
Summary
Throughout the first 70 years of research, there was a common assumption that adolescence was a time of “storm and stress” (Hall, 1904). The underlying premise of Yogic mind-body exercises is that the physiological state of the body may shape emotions, thoughts and attitudes (Monk-Turner & Turner, 2010) maintaining overall wellbeing Keeping these negative impacts of social media and stressful life-style on adolescents, the authors in this paper are proposing yoga as a complementary therapy which can be applied and implemented in schools and colleges. Two recent studies on teachers' views about the impact of digital media on children's learning by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, and by Common Sense Media indicated that students' constant use of digital technology was hampering their attention spans and ability to persevere in the face of challenging tasks. Further Gopukumar and Hussain Ali (2002) reported that of 40 days meditation practice brought a significant positive change in the subjective well-being of students
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