Relaxing Yoga

We had a wonderful guest Yoga instructor, Tamera Dion, come and join the younger girls on Tuesday, January 8th in the Field House. Many of our Tweens came prepared, dressed in Yoga gear and carrying comfy, colourful Yoga mats.

To start out our session, we burned off some energy by playing games with a huge, bouncy ball, and then told stories of nice things we did for others over the holidays. It was great to hear the girls talking about babysitting cousins and younger friends, helping with Christmas dinner, making gifts for friends and family members, shovelling sidewalks and generally being the wonderful young ladies we get to spend time with each week.

By the time we'd heard a multitude of exciting stories, our guest arrived and set us up. Many of the Tweens had done Yoga before, but we did have some newbies.

Janis and Shauna happily watched the girls stretch, move and pose. There were a lot of funny facial expressions as each girl tried her best!

At the end of our session, we had a great time to relax, and even learned a small meditation in which we watched the glow of a candle flame until our eyes began to water.

It was wonderful to end the session calm, relaxed and refreshed. Maybe we'll meditate more in the future! That would save our parents from the bouncy girls they usually meet at the end of Tween Club.

I look forward to seeing all the Tweens at the end of the month!

Shauna