Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is only a couple of days away and it seems like a good topic for my blog today. I am thankful for so many wonderful opportunities that have come my way.
The past few weeks, my time teaching Storytime Yoga in our North Oakland YMCA Childwatch, has been absolutely magical. There is no other way to describe it. The classes are only a half hour long, but when I walk in and the kids come running or walking toward me, smiling, I know why I’m doing this. I silently give thanks for each one of these great kids. There have been so many special times that we have shared. On Monday evening last week, I introduced my pink, winged piglet, named Star, just as usual. I talked about poetry and how Star loves to recite poetry. I asked if anyone had a poem to share and to my surprise and delight, there were several kids willing to share poems. It became a very special experience. Then, I also introduced my Sophia, the Snake of Dreams, and talked about dreams. Amazingly, several kids again wanted to share their dreams! The cutest thing was at the end of the class, I asked each child to take a turn and show us all their favorite pose, and that we would all do it with them. Well, the kids were so focused on poetry, that the first child actually recited a poem instead of showing us a pose. So then I had us all do a yoga pose that could go with the poem. If it had a tree in it, for example, we did tree pose, and so on. It was great fun and soon all the kids were joining in. Purely magical. This is why I love teaching yoga, seeing the positive impact on others.
In my yoga class for senior citizens, it is so nice to see how much they appreciate their practice, and how they are grateful and happy to see me. Just the same way that I feel about them. I love all of my students and I love seeing them feel better and more at peace.
I have so much to be thankful for! Happy Thanksgiving!
Lisa
