Playful Family Yoga
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This unique book presents a joyful and creative form of Yoga designed to practice with a partner. The 101 partner poses presented in the Six Chapters will inspire people of all ages and cultures to spend time with their loved ones as they go beyond daily roles, allowing them to improve their physical and mental well-being and enhance their relationship.
Teressa Asencia
About Teressa Asencia Teressa Asencia is the author of “Playful Family Yoga” and “Yoga in Your School” published by Princeton Books and “Yoga pour Maman, Papa et Moi” published by Editions La Plage in France. She has written and produced several TV Series for CBC and the Women’s Network in Canada and for PBS in the U.S. She has also created and produced an award-winning Dance Documentary. Teressa attended the Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa and won her first writing award when she was 7 years old. Additional info available on: www.YogaInYourSchool.com and www.FamilyYogaBook.com Her book, Bonnerue, is now available on Amazon. Q. What is the inspiration for the story? A.The inspiration for this story is based on my experience of teaching prisoners on a Road Camp in Virginia, going to Graduate School in Criminology in New York City, working for the Prisoners Union in San Francisco and writing a book about treatment in prisons for American Correctional Association. Q. Is there a message in your book that you want readers to grasp? A.One of the prisoners I taught to read, wrote a story about how he had spent his entire life in prison for fighting State Authorities who came to his home to take away his baby son. He was the funniest and happiest person I had ever met. His ability to transcend his own shackles inspired "Bonnerue".
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Playful Family Yoga - Teressa Asencia
Chapter One - Friendship
Have you heard of Yoga?
When we are happy, love radiates from us like light from the sun
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.
– William Wordsworth
This series of supporting and counterbalancing poses for two is designed to uncover the joy that is our true nature. Inherent in all the Yoga poses is the rasa or nectar that the pose reveals. This delightful series of stretching exercises and invigorating postures is designed to develop flexibility, strength and concentration as it inspires deeper friendship and transports us into the wellspring of joy that is always inside us.
Have you heard of Yoga?
Mom said you have to be a pretzel to do yoga!
I like pretzels. Let’s try it.
Sailboat Stretch
Sit facing your partner with your legs open wide. Put the bottoms of your feet together and hold your partner’s left hand.
Now, open your sails by stretching your right arm toward the back. Gently, pull away from your partner and look back at your right hand.
Close your eyes and imagine you are sailing through a big blue ocean.
This feels great!
Do you feel the wind in your sails?
Benefits: The sailboat stretch opens the shoulder joints, stretches the muscles in the arms and expands the spine. The twist gives a nice massage to all the abdominal organs.
Partner Pigeon
Sit facing your partner. Bend one knee and stretch the other leg straight back. Now turn your torso to face your partner and place the palms of your hands together. Gently press against your partner’s hands.
Imagine that you have roots that go deep into the earth. Inhaling, breathe into your chest and expand up through your spine. Great!
How do you feel?
I feel like a plant that’s growing fast.
I feel like a happy pigeon.
Benefits: The pigeon pose is a classic Yoga pose for opening the hips. The polarity created by pressing against your partner’s palms creates a deeper opening in the hip joints, allowing you to go further into the pose than you could on your own. This pose also expands the spine and strengthens the arms.
Boat Pose
Sit facing your partner with your legs open a few inches and place the soles of your feet together.
Now, gently press your feet against your partner’s and slowly raise your legs together at the same time.
I can’t do that.
"Yes you can. Just push my feet exactly the same as I push