For the love of Yoga and Kids


I have a lot of dreams...some small some big. I often think about my dreams just to cherish and relish them, it's like meditation, where I envision myself living that dream and in that process forget about everything else. Well, you can say that I am a day-dreamer, but what's the harm in that?!


Going back to the dream, this one dream is about being a yoga instructor for kids. I love both yoga and kids and have some kind of inherent passion in both these things that motivates me to pursue this dream. The thought sparked when I was at my parent's house in India with my sister and my nieces. One of the days, I felt like doing some stretching as my muscles were stiff by sitting and staring at the computer screen the whole day. So, I'd put on some music on my laptop and started doing yoga exercises. My nieces were in the other room, after a minute or so they both entered my room and were looking curiously at what was going on. They both stood in one corner and watched me intently as I flexed my body, almost as if I was doing some slow motion dance to the calm music playing in the background. Upon noticing them, I very softly and politely asked them to follow me. I was pleasantly surprised how obediently both my nieces followed my instructions. It was almost as if they were hypnotized! I smiled within, it was quite an adorable sight to just see them bending over, lying back, basically doing all the things I was doing with all the seriousness. I'd never seen them so attentively following me ever, they looked quite indulged. However, being cognizant of their involvement, I chose to act normal and spoke softly when I wanted to give some instructions and continued doing what I was doing.

I don't know what it was and how it happened, but it was surreal. Maybe it was the music, maybe it was the peace in the air--I don't quite know and don't want to rationalize it--but it sure was one of the most special moment, it made me feel inspired and connected to my nieces, to myself and to my surroundings. I had always struggled with getting my nieces to obey or do what I ask them to do, but that was one moment when they just silently followed without my even telling them.  I feel that kids like being treated as adults and they like doing things that adults do--well, but the good thing is that we know that they are kids ;)

I feel very passionate about this dream, so much so that I often imagine myself doing yoga with all the beautiful little kids with great music playing in the background, and for the same reason, I have also started working on compiling my yoga playlist. Here's sharing one of my favorite songs from the playlist. The song is called Fljotavik, it is by an Icelandic band called Sigor Ros. The song has a very ethereal feel to it that automatically makes you deep breathe :) You can listen to the song by clicking on this link.

Have a peaceful day!

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