It’s fun to make a treat together in yoga kids classes. I found this fantastic idea on Blonde Designs:
http://blonde-designs.squarespace.com/blonde-designs-blog/2009/11/20/blessings-mix.html
Some of the things in it aren’t the healthiest (Bugles…), but I like to teach nutrition with the idea of everything in moderation!
I can’t wait to make some!
Today we planted a garden in yoga…
I gave each child a magical pretend seed to plant in the ground. This magical seed can grow in just a few minutes!
Then each child became a seed in Child’s Pose. I gave each “seed” a spritz of water with my spray bottle, and then out came the sun and we grew and grew. Each child got a turn telling me what they grew into- here are some of the amazing things we had in our garden:
Purple Flower
Tree
Sunflower
Roses
Ava Flower
Corn plant
This magical garden was planted to the song, Inch by Inch/Garden Song from the Tajar Tracks album with DEBBIE DEBORD WITH SOL DRIVEN TRAIN AND GWYNN VALLEY CAMPERS. You can listen to it and buy it here:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/soldriventrain2
We also were different critters that you’d find in a garden-
Ladybugs, Bumblebees, Butterflies, Dragonflies, Turtles, and Birds.
If we’d had more time we could have planted actual seeds in a cup, or walked partners around in Wheelbarrow! Next time…
Serendipitous moment of the day: I was lucky enough to receive a gift of a cucumber and a bell pepper from the school’s actual backyard garden!
Last week I taught a fun class that integrated yoga and nutrition. We did rainbow pose (Side Plank) and then talked about how your body needs to “eat a rainbow”. Eating a rainbow means eating fruits and vegetables from all the color groups (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, and White too). We talked about what colors we had already eaten, and we brainstormed some fruits and veggies for all the different colors. I think it is a great way to eat well- too often we focus on the negative and the things we “shouldn’t” or “can’t” eat. Instead thinking about the abundant fruits and veggies that we should eat! Lots of fun, and really made me thing about eating a rainbow myself… I just never seem to be able to eat enough blue! I need to stock up on some blueberries.
Carolyn
www.sdyogakids.com
