Learning about trust

This week our class was about ‘trust’.
I first asked the kids which was their favourite pet. Because a pet trusts us, he expects us to feed them for example. And we trust them, we don’t expect them to attack or hurt us.
After that I suggest a partner exercise called ‘Open Heart’ where they could experience both feelings. Trusting someone and being reliable.
In this exercise one kid was the holder, the other was the leaner.
One had to firmly hold the partner’s wrists. He had to be reliable for his friend.

The other had to lean forwards and open his heart. He had to trust his friend.
Everybody did it and it was a lot of fun.

Visiting a farm

Because we talked about animals I took them for a walk in a farm.
There they learned some yoga poses that imitate the animals.
Bird, dog, cat, butterfly, frog, swan, the kicking donkey and the cow were some of them.

Learning to relax

To finish we did the ‘Bunny Breathe’ and a Relaxation.
For some kids was a bit difficult to start doing the relaxation, they had to close their eyes and be quiet…
At the end they all did and the result afterwards was very beautiful to hear .
In the relaxation they had to imagine that they were outside.
There they met an animal. They needed to trust the animal and allowed him to get closer.
The animal wanted to be their friend and so they did.
Before he left, the animal said:
‘I like you just the way you are’.
Everybody was very happy with his new friend!

First Class at Blijberg School

I’m very glad with my new group at the Blijberg Openbare Jenaplanbasisschool.
And because the classes there are in English, I will also write here, this time, in English.
Last week we had our first meeting and I asked the kids what was Yoga for them.
They all gave fantastic answers and after that I told them a few more things about it.
I explain that Yoga exist already for thousand years and comes from India.
I also said that Yoga is a word in a very old language called Sanskrit. A language that’s so old that almost nobody talks it anymore.
This word means ‘connection’, ‘link’. And that is what Yoga does to us. Connect our body, our mind and our heart trough the exercises.
They were all very curious to try it out and so we did.
I introduced them to some yoga poses using a beautiful book from Baron Batiste ‘My Daddy Is a Pretzel’.
I already talked about this book here in the blog.
If you want, click here to read more about it.
The kids enjoy it very much and so did I.
At the end I showed them how to say goodbye in the Yoga way and we leave each other looking forwards to our next class.

Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
Volgende week ga ik met mijn nieuwe groep kinderyoga beginnen.
Tot dan…