Welcome back! I hope you had a restful, meaningful holiday break. We jumped right into new themes and movements this week in yoga.

Our theme this week was superpowers. I asked each student to name one of their superpowers. This could be anything that they felt they were really good at. Student answers varied widely, but some examples were listening, running, soccer and kindness.

We learned dolphin breathing this week. This is an energetic breath. Students rested their hands on top of their head as they inhaled. As they exhaled, they pretended to have a blow hole and released the air from their head. Most students found this fun, energizing and did great with it.

Our movement sequence this week included single leg stretching, crescent lunges, the ever popular tipping star and more. We finished off class with a book by Todd Parr (my favorite for mindfulness) called “Just Be Who You Are” to tie into our superpower theme.