Yoga with props

I guess there could be worse addictions... I suffer from a caffeine less day with sporadic ADD moments with less OCD involved. A never ending balance of disorders to keep us medicated. Since I value nature, I have vowed to stay natural without drugs for as long as it takes.

My newest addiction has given me a nice extra income. I now will be teaching kids yoga one day a week. I contemplate what I am getting myself into as I think back to my training. Understanding children can be a complex issue and I would not want it to distract from the other classes I teach.

Yesterday Yoga was wonderful. I started with a simple cat series warm up and continued into a head to knee sequence that prepared us for the half moon sequence I really wanted to try. Since my students are all beginners I found it appropriate to use the wall for support. Since everyone was already used to the basics of the poses the prop added so much more for the pose. We were allowed to expand even further into the position. It was done with great success.

I ended the class with a quote. "The goal of yoga is not to be the best, but it is to feel your best. So if you are not the best at every pose as long as you feel your best when you leave, you have gained more than when you arrived. "