Tater Tot Yoga Part 1
Ever heard of Full of Joy Yoga? Well if you had, cool, if not....me neither until two or three weeks ago. Surfing online at various yoga studios workshop offerings i stumbled upon the trainings. Full of Joy Yoga is offered by Lani Rosen a Connecticut transplant via San Francisco. I've been very interested in taking a kiddie yoga training, but Yoga Ed. is hilariously expensive, Karma Kids in NYC while affordable gets sold out quickly, and there has been various other local studio/teachers putting their own stamp on the genre but nothing felt right.
In a moment of carpe diem (less than a week before the training),i did my research on Lani and since i liked the price, i signed up. She was kind enough to let me bring my check with me, rather than snail mail or paypal. The training comes at a good time, because i was feeling stale in my youth yoga classes. Looking over what she offered, it fit with what i was looking for - inspiration, business side of things, adding games to the class and much more.
Off to Guilford, CT i went today (and Sunday). A total of five signed up for the full 10 hour training. Tomorrow we will be joined by 5 others who did a previous shorter training and wanted the full shebang. Unfortunately i was late, online directions were wrong and i ended up at a very nice beach in North Guilford before i turned around and pulled out my map. (One day i will get a GPS.) Unfortunately, i missed the introductions and people's stories. Later i did find out that two of the other women knew one of my yoga student/friend.
Day one was mainly about the postures. And a taste of how she incorporates them into the sessions. Inspiration was in abundance! My tot classes felt stale because i was coming at it from an adult perspective, as much as i can be childlike...i wasn't thinking that way with yoga so much. I never felt that more when we were partnering and doing group work. The wheels in my head churning in how this would be PERFECT for not only what i do already but for parent and child classes. We were laughing, enjoying the moment. In that i can see how it can be a great bonding experience for parent and child because many of the postures relayed on trust, and working together.
Lani went over different breathing with names like rabbit, bee, and humming bird. Something so simple and common sense, and it blew me away.
Tomorrow the dynamics of the workshop changes because of the new people. It should be interesting. We will work on games and she will expand more into the stories/themes she uses in her classes. Props will be explained in more detail as well. Today we got a small taste with eye pillows, feathers, pinwheels, and beanie babies. The business aspect will also be talked about tomorrow, which is what i am really looking forward to.
I really think, that this training will be a great addition to my tool box.
I'll update tomorrow.