Dear Friends,
I never thought that teaching yoga to children and pre-teens could be very rewarding. I had a few challenges in the past, especially with very young children. For sure, overtime, I've tasted my sweet-lovely fruits as well. But thinking of children could create their own yoga sequence? Wow, that is beyond my expectation! With a help from yoga deck "Yoga Pretzels" by Tara Guber and friends, the pre-teens yoga students made their pick. And they were not choosing the easy poses for their convenience, too. They chose a mix of breath exercise, warm-up poses, standing poses, winding down poses and relaxing poses as the final. They did it just like a regular yoga class sequence and they counted their breaths as well.
I gave them some guidance to balance the poses and the breath. Then, I watched them moving and flowing within their own "world" of sequence. They stopped to ask some questions, but I could see that they understood what they were doing.
Oh, so very enjoyable to watch! This was indeed an honor.
Thank you very much for this privilege, girls!
Happy Summer break to you and hope to see you again after that (I know that Elisabeth has gone to a beach somewhere in Caribbean).
Peace and joy.
Namaste
Elisabeth and her sequence, created with a thoughtful flow.
Elisabeth tried her breath exercise sitting down on a comfy puff.
Jessica with her sequence, a combination of strong standing poses and a few relaxing ones.
Jessica as tree grows up, up, up, yet rooted firmly to the ground!
Elisabeth tried Dolphin Pose and kept her spine straight. Very empowering pose.
"Bumblebee Breath" kept Jessica in good concentration.
Elisabeth and Jessica rested and relaxed in their choice of "quiet poses".
