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.
In humans and other mammals, the anatomical features of the respiratory system include trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, lungs, and diaphragm. Molecules of oxygen and carbon dioxide are passively exchanged, by diffusion, between the gaseous external environment and the blood.This exchange process occurs in the alveoli (air sacs) in the lungs. In fish and many invertebrates, respiration takes place through the gills.he major function of the respiratory system is gas exchange between the external environment and an organism's circulatory system. In humans and other mammals, this exchange facilitates oxygenation of the blood with a concomitant removal of carbon dioxide and other gaseous metabolic wastes from the circulation.