Itsy Bitsy Yoga

Posted by Alex in Baby & Kids, Sports on November 8, 2007 at 3:01 pm


Yoga is a big business in United States, but it’s hard to get adults to stretch and put themselves in odd and unnatural positions. So that’s why Helen Garabedian’s idea is so brilliant: 1) young children are an untapped market for yoga, and 2) they do all those yoga poses all the time anyhow!

"Let’s start with a little centering," Blythe Berube Rowan says, and even those with a less-than-Seinfeldian sense of irony can find humor in this, as we are surrounded by manic munchkins speeding around the dance studio floor.

"Breathe in," Berube instructs as my 3-year-old daughter catapults onto my back. "Breathe out." (Indeed.)

Other children, wondering why all these grown women are on the floor, arrive in time to witness lion pose – mamas sticking their tongues out, widening their eyes and, basically, roaring. A few roar along. There is laughter.

Yoga or not, seems like the little squirts are having fun! Link (photo: Steve Zylius, The Orange County Register) - Thanks Julie Anne I!



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11 comments to "Itsy Bitsy Yoga"

  1. Nicholas Dollak
    November 8th, 2007 at 4:27 pm

    Do they contemplate their belly buttons, too?

  2. TheSquid
    November 8th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    what is it they say about fools and their money?

  3. Vonskippy
    November 8th, 2007 at 6:23 pm

    PT Barnum approves.

  4. L
    November 8th, 2007 at 9:25 pm

    It’s easy to mock, sure. But which is worse? Spending time doing yoga with your baby or parking him in front of a Baby Einstein video while you busy yourself with your own activities?

  5. Abestar
    November 8th, 2007 at 9:58 pm

    They are both awful. Either way your being a new age douche.

  6. biltmore
    November 8th, 2007 at 11:10 pm

    “Worst Idea EVER”

  7. brandon
    November 9th, 2007 at 12:25 am

    we need to just stop having dumb babies in this country. outsource that stuff to china

  8. Jo David
    November 9th, 2007 at 2:24 am

    A friend of mine here in Seattle teaches dog yoga classes.
    Her name is Brenda Bryan and she began offering classes in 2006.
    She is a licensed massage therapist and yoga instructor, as well as an avid dog lover.
    You can read more about her dog yoga classes here in an article on the Discovery Channel website written in April 2007, and also on her own website, and also on Brenda’s Dog Yoga Blog.

    http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/04/03/doga_ani_zoom0.html?category= animals&guid=20070403113000

    http://www.dogyoga.blogspot.com/

    http://www.brendabryan.net/dogyoga.html

  9. Alex
    November 9th, 2007 at 3:06 am

    Dog yoga! Bwahahahahaha!

  10. donna
    November 9th, 2007 at 5:19 pm

    I used to do curls and presses with my kids when they were little. Gave me a workout, and amused them no end.

  11. Ali S.
    November 9th, 2007 at 6:48 pm

    Good Lord why? I know you want to spend time with your kids and what not…but seriously…try going to a park with your kid.


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