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| LIAM GETTING READY FOR YOGA |
I
have decided to do Home Yoga. I take a yoga class at the library once a
week. I really like it and only recently have been able to recall many of
the positions. For four years I was not able to remember more than a few
sequential poses. The emphasis had been on breath work-very heavy
breathing. Liam demonstrates in next photo.
Our
current class is geared more to movement. Now the poses seem to be
staying in my head. I find this very heartening as new knowledge is
supposed to be hard to keep as one ages. I store my library class mat
in the car with the other paraphernalia that goes with class yoga-
pillow and blanket. I buy a second yoga mat for the house. I bring both inside and lay
them out to see if I want to switch them up. I notice the new one is
smaller in length, width and thickness.
Hmmm... Ideally the new one should now go to class because space is
limited and this would give the class an inch or two extra. If we all
got this size mat we could fit another person! However, I decide to keep
the new one at home, open space here is not so plentiful either. Liam
finds all this very interesting and sniffs around.
I am sure there is a smell to the new
mat. I do a few of the
moves and Liam is mesmerized. Many yoga poses are copied from animals and
nature. Maybe he thinks I am a tree, a pigeon, a cat, a cow or of course
the famous downward facing dog.
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| DOWNWARD FACING DOG |
He follows me through and shows me a pose
I have never done
though it is an iconic beginner one.
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| CHILD'S POSE-A CLASSIC IN YOGA |
I find I do not need to refresh my memory too much as dogs know how to
stretch and how to move their bodies to un-kink them. I can watch Liam
instead of remembering. I have a buddy. Our own home yoga class. Thanks
Liam for the variation on the downward facing dog-upward facing dog-another new one for me.
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| UPWARD FACING DOG |
Woof, Woof
Our
current class is geared more to movement. Now the poses seem to be
staying in my head. I find this very heartening as new knowledge is
supposed to be hard to keep as one ages. I store my library class mat
in the car with the other paraphernalia that goes with class yoga-
pillow and blanket. I buy a second yoga mat for the house. I bring both inside and lay
them out to see if I want to switch them up. I notice the new one is
smaller in length, width and thickness.
Hmmm... Ideally the new one should now go to class because space is
limited and this would give the class an inch or two extra. If we all
got this size mat we could fit another person! However, I decide to keep
the new one at home, open space here is not so plentiful either. Liam
finds all this very interesting and sniffs around. 
I am sure there is a smell to the new
mat. I do a few of the
moves and Liam is mesmerized. Many yoga poses are copied from animals and
nature. Maybe he thinks I am a tree, a pigeon, a cat, a cow or of course
the famous downward facing dog.
