1 Allow children who are 6 and older to hold poses and do exercises for up to 1-1/2 minutes, or 90 seconds. 2  Older kids can often endure yoga sessions up to 25 minutes.. Teach kids how to breathe. Relaxed and deep breathing is essential to the practice of yoga. 1  Explain that proper breathing produces calm, allows focus and increases energy. 2  Kids often need to understand why they are asked to do something.
Respiration is the sequence of events that results in the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the body's cells. Every three to five seconds, nerve impulses stimulate the breathing process, or ventilation, which moves air through a series of passages into and out of the lungs.
Gas exchange is a biological process through which different gases are transferred in opposite directions across a specialized respiratory surface. Gases are constantly required by, and produced as a by-product of, cellular and metabolic reactions, so an efficient system for their exchange is extremely important.uring physical exercise, excess carbon dioxide is produced as a result of increased respiration, and muscles and cells require increased oxygen. The body responds to this change by increasing the breathing rate, maximizing the rate of possible gas exchange.