Family Yoga
More and more I believe in doing yoga as a family. Some of our best and most fun times together were spent doing yoga together, especially in the early morning. I am happy to get a chance to teach a Family Yoga class at the YMCA!
This week, we began a new Spring session of classes at the Y. A really amazing coincidence occurred. I have been wishing to teach a Teen Yoga class for so long, and my Teen Yoga class scheduled at Auburn Hills Community Center, did not run as not enough students signed up. I was disappointed as I had many cool things planned, but then I thought, things will happen as they should. So, here’s the coincidence. I walked into my Family Yoga class at the YMCA on Monday night, and four families, with a total of 6 teens showed up! I have yet to teach a teen class that had any teens sign up, and here, a Family Yoga class filled with teens taking yoga with their parents! Amazing. I am used to having little kids in that class, so will have to figure out different things for us to do. One 16-year-old told me that he learned he needs to pay attention to his breath more, and when he was leaving, he said to me, “I will DEFINITELY be coming back next week!” I felt great to hear that.
Now, if I can only get my teen art class going at the YMCA…I guess like anything else, it will take time and patience.
This past Saturday, I was at the Earth Day Expo at Oakland University. We are involved with Strawbale Studio. At the Expo, we were right next to an African Dance and Drumming group, they were incredible! I created a mandala while I was there, the totally reflected the colors and the sound of the music they played. It is another one in my Earth Mandala series, but being bright orange is different than what I typically do. I love how the vibrancy of the music shows through!
Here is my art! This is called, “Earth Mandala 3″…better known as “Earth Day Mandala for Ivan”. Colored pencil on Bristol Board.
