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Season 1 - Episode 6

From Quail to Unicorn

5 min - Practice
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With excitement and encouragement, Ms. Stix teaches young yogis the poses for letters Q through U: Quail, Rabbit, Snake, Tortoise, and Unicorn.
What You'll Need: Mat

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(ocean waves crash) Hi. Q is for quail, so let's bring our feet onto the mat. This is really good for your hips, pretend you're a little quail. Quails like to run around, and eat little seeds. Let's take a little loop.

Walk all the way around, good job little quail. Come back to your mat. R is for rabbit, so bring your knees to the ground, let's bring the crown of our heads, the top of our heads to the mat. Oh, that feels good. Come up onto your fingertips, curl your toes, pretend you're a rabbit.

Rock your hips from side to side, you can pretend you're eating a little grass. (nibbles) This is really good for your brain, your face, your neck, massage your head, oh that feels good. Take a deep breath. S is for snake, so let's bring our hands forward, come down onto your tummy, press into your fingers wide, inhale up, rock a little from side to side, feel your snake spine. You might even his a little bit.

(hisses) Oh, that feels so good. Take a deep long breath. T, T is for tortoise. Go ahead and sit down, this is a great leg stretch. Bring your feet to the ground, and then bring your arms forward, bring your arms underneath your knees, make a shell with your back, very good.

You might stay right here, you might flex you feet, bring your toes towards your face, and it might even feel good to slide your legs forward, just notice what feels good for your body, it's perfect just for you. You can even drop your head, get soft inside your shell, inhale up, hello little turtle. Hello. U, U is for unicorn, so this time bring your feet in front of you, lift your legs, this is really good for your belly, pretend you have a unicorn horn, inhale up, breathe deep, feel the strength in your belly, and then pretend you're running through the forest unicorns, so fast, so beautiful, wow. Deep inhale, exhale.

(breathes loudly) I love being a unicorn. How about you? Isn't it fun?

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Diane N
1 person likes this.
Thanks Betsy!
I am a kindergarten teacher in Toronto, and have been teaching my students this animal yoga. They absolutely love it!...and so do I! thank you so much!
Kelly Sunrose
We LOVED this!!!
Thank you!
oona & Kelly

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