Workshops at Natural Yoga.
Uttanasana with a belt.
The rolled up sticky mat will work for anyone who has a long spine. Working this way gives me tremendous traction in the lower spinal muscles.
Kids Love Yoga!
I taught a classroom full of children up in the mountains.
We began with Mountain Pose, then followed it with Tree Pose.
The wind was blowing the branches around!
Lion Pose. Can you make a horrible face, and roar?
The excitement and danger of running through the snapping jaws of the crocodile! Could they make it through, or would the crocodile eat them up?
I don’t teach children very often but after teaching these two classes, I realized why in the children’s classes in Pune, there are so many strong assistants. They really keep order. In Pune, its fun, to be sure. There is also a lot of disipline. The boys, in particular benefit from a greater sense of order than I managed to keep here.
Okay, okay! One at a time please. When the kids were asked afterward what they remember the most from the class, they say the crocodile. (Just to say, there are no animals or stories in the Pune children’s class. They pack in a tremendous number of poses, and the class moves fast, and they only use the Sanskrit names of the poses).
Finally! Spaghetti Pose.
This kid looks like an angel here.
…but here he is, waiting to see what I would do when I discovered two pieces of spaghetti stuck together.
There is nothing as quiet or still as a room full of prevously rowdy kids being wet spaghetti.
It seems to me that boys and girls display different tendencies – at least at this age.. “I will chant OM. First me. Then you”.
“Om”.
Field study
A passing alpaca.
In a clearing in the jungle we came upon this very old typewriter, and two chairs.
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