Meet Bobbi's Feet Feat

Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966!

In honor of Bobbi Gibb and Women's History Month . . .  

 We worked our feet today!

Toe-Ups!  Can you lift a single toe?

Can you pick up a pen with your tootsie toes?

We passed a juice jug with our friendly feet.

Bobbi had to wear a skirt to school.  Those were the rules.  We worked our triangle pose to be the shape of her skirt.

When training, Bobbi ran through the woods!  Here is a tree in the woods.

During our relaxation opportunity, we raced through the woods .  .  . 

listening to birds, chasing squirrels, and crunching leaves under our fast feet!

We practiced a closing mantra:

Loka -- human race, folks, ordinary life

Samastha -- whole, combined, united

Sukino -- pleasant, delight, happiness, good space

Bhavanthu -- they shall

"May all folks in the world have good space, have good feeling.  May all beings everywhere be happy."

“May all beings everywhere be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.”

When thinking of the story of Bobbi Gibb:  May all people be who they are designed to be, running fast and running free!

Magic on the Mat

Yoga is MAGIC!!

Reading is MAGIC!!

For our magical yoga practice, what are your favorites?

Balloon Breathing 

Horse

Tree

Spider

 Time to ride a Magic Carpet . . .

and then MORE MAGIC!🐰

St. Patrick's Day Magic or LUCK?!

 This week in our Magic and Meditation Mat Series . . .

 We'll have three balls in one hand.

 Put one of the three in another . . .

and MAKE TWO BALLS MAGICALLY (or luckily) APPEAR where there was one?! 

We're digging into Japa meditation, where you'll do more counting, and your stress and worries will DISAPPEAR!

Leprechauns, Giants and St. Patrick's Day . . . Oh, My!

We balanced peacock feathers to center and be ready for our yoga practice!

We warmed up our bodies by moving like the sun.  Here are snakes you will NOT find in Ireland!

 We shared the Irish Legend of the Giant's Causeway -- Mrs. Broam's son, Noah, acted out the part of Finn McCool! https://vimeo.com/45569144

Finn and Benandonner stacked rocks to build a causeway between Ireland and Scotland.

Finn McCool pretended to be a baby . . . 

so we rocked ours!

Irish Legend #2--The Children of Lir

The Children of Lir were cursed to be swans for 900 years!  Here they are floating on a lake . . . 

When the spell was finally broken, they danced and celebrated!

During final relaxation, we followed a leprechaun to his pot of gold!  He gave us a gold coin . . .

What would you buy with your gold coin???
Happy St. Patrick's Day 2019!☘

MaGiC and Meditation

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Also available at Platt Springs United Methodist Church on Thursdays @ 6:30!

 This week . . .

 we'll take an empty hat . . . 

 and with an aBrAcaDAbRa and AlaKaZAm . . .

 we'll find a RaBbIt inside it!

TaDah!♫

Meditation is "MaGiC!"  A regular practice of sitting still and quiet reduces stress, controls anxiety, promotes emotional health, enhances self-awareness, lengthens attention span, may reduce age-related memory loss, can generate kindness, may fight addictions, improves sleep, help control pains, and decreases blood pressure. You can do it ANYWHERE! https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/12-benefits-of-meditation#section11 

Come Practice with Us!  We'll YOGA and make MaGiC happen together!

Sloth Mode Yoga

Sloth is delivered to the ZOOm instead of the ZZZZZoooo!

Sloth tried to make friends with Cheetah, but she was "busy, busy, busy!"

The monkeys climbed so fast . . .

they forgot to stop at the tops of the banana trees!

The zebras galloped so fast they left their stripes in puddles.

The parrots flew so fast their tails drew rainbows across the sky.

Here we are parking our parrots in trees (warrior 3--> stork--> tree)

Then sloth met a snail, and they enjoyed a snack together!

We made some pizza for a snack.

Restore and rest in sloth mode . . .

The animals at the ZOOm slowed down . . . 

and joined the sloth and snail just long enough to become fast friends!