Agnostic Mom

Yesterday I taught the kids the yoga Sun Salutation. It’s just the “half” version, so it’s just 6 easy steps, easy enough for the little tykes to remember. I told them, “You can do this to loosen your body up for the day. When we do this we welcome the sun and invite it into our lives. You are saying ‘Good Morning’ to yourself.”

Yeah, I know it’s super-cheesey. But you can be cheesey with kids. That’s the fun part of being a parent.

It had occurred to me that I do sun salutations many mornings by myself. Why not involve my kids? It’s a nice way to begin the day with the family. It’s healthy. It teaches them mind-body awareness, deep-breathing, and introduces a positive outlook to their every day.

This morning, I asked the kids if they wanted to do Sun Salutations with me again. Trinity and Aiden jumped up from their lounging positions on the sofa, and made a circle with me. Blake, my oldest, stayed right where he was.

“You don’t want to do it today, Blake?”

His answer was one I never expected, “I already did it this morning in my room when I got up.”

Oh, how sweet is that? My 8 year-old boy initiating his own yoga Sun Salutation first thing in the morning! This is my boy, who needs very little sleep. He spends one quarter of his time in bed at night reading (I even found him reading at 3 am. recently), then hops out of bed around 5 am. as awake as a human body can possibly be, as if he’d had 5 cups of coffee and a Full Throttle to top it off. And now, after one quick lesson of Sun Salutations, he’s doing it himself in his room.

I love that kid.