A Pourquoi Tale

We explored a Navajo legend this week!  This explanatory tale shares why confusion and chaos abound.  I loved the element of patience (or lack thereof) included.

While listening to the story about stars, we created some with white chalk on black construction paper.

We warmed our bodies for movement by breathing our back down and up, moving from a "cow" . . . 

to a "cat!"

When we move like the sunshine, our closest star, we hold our bodies strong in a plank position.  

We breathe our arms high over our heads as the sun rises too!

First Woman carefully places stars in the night sky to communicate the laws to people . . . 

but Coyote is impatient and scatters all the stars so the people don't know or understand the laws and there is much confusion.

We explore the night sky further with "balancing half moon" posture!

Twisting helps us wrap our yoga practice with a posture and counter posture . . . 

then we REST!

We end our yoga practice with the Namaste song!  

Yoga helps our world be more balanced and less confusing!  

Yoga helps us approach every day with a little more patience.