Breath: Bunny breath
For this exercise, we come to sit on our shins (thunderbolt) and take three quick little sniffs in through the nose and then exhale normally. Repeat a few times, and then take a break to breathe normally before initiating this breath again.
Warm-Up Songs: "Jump up, Turn Around" from Moving Rhymes for Modern Times by Jim Gill
"5 Green and Speckled Frogs" shifting each time to a different seated pose: easy seat (criss-cross applesauce), staff pose, thunderbolt pose, bound angle pose (butterfly) and squat.Book: Who Hops? by Katie Davis
This funny story provides ample opportunity for animal-inspired movement, as well as many chances to talk about the things various animals do or do not.
Storytelling: The Wide-Mouthed Frog
There are many versions of this story available. The basic premise is that a wide-mouthed frog greets all the animals that he meets by saying "I'm a wide-mouthed frog, and I eat flies. What do you eat?" until he meets a crocodile who enjoys eating wide-mouthed frogs. Then he must use his wit to quickly escape. These are the animals and their yoga movements we used in today's version of the story:
frog - squat
mouse – child’s pose
snake – cobra
bunny – thunderbolt with bunny breath
butterfly – bound angle
crocodile - sphinx
Cool-Down Song: "Dance for the Sun" from Dance for the Sun by Kira Wiley
A gentle, kid-friendly sun salutation.
Book: Can You Say Peace? by Karen Katz
This story celebrates International Peace Day (September 21), but is wonderful for anytime. Learn how kids say peace in lots of different languages, all around the world.
We ended with a nice, restful savasana listening to the relaxing sounds of croaking frogs.
Thanks for playing yoga at Centered this week everyone! What a blast! Until the next time, NAMASTE
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