YOGA AND ARTS FOR CHILDREN

“Chapeu de Alquimia” (The Alchemy Hat)

This year we had an activity for children called “The Alchemy Hat”- a workshop of Yoga and Arts. There were five sessions (3 hours each session). In each of them there was a theme related with one nature element, asanas and a different art. Each session started with a story with asanas followed by exercises of the art of the day- painting, sculpture, theatre, etc.

1st. session- “CELEBRATION OF THE MOTHER EARTH”

Element: earth
Art: dance
Asanas related with the earth: mountain, snake, tree
-Dance of the earth (song with simple movements): “The earth is our mother/we should take care of her / united my people we are one”

2nd. session- “THE OCEAN OF FEELINGS”
Element: water
Art: painting
Asanas related with water: fish, crocodile, boat, snake, wale
-Exercise with water watercolours- paint the sea and the sun

3rd. session- “THE BIRD THAT WAS REBORN FROM THE ASHES”
Element: fire
Art: theatre
Asanas to call the fire of our body: boat, bridge; kaoshikii
Story of the phoenix
-Concentration exercise- observing the flame of a candle
Theater exercises; the game of the statues (statues related with fire)

4rd. session- “THE TRIP OF THE BIRDS”
Element: air
Art: sculpture
Asanas: tree, monkey, lion, turtle; dead posture- visualise the clouds

5th. session- “THE FANTASTIC TREASURE HUNT”
Celebration of all the elements
-We prepared, with the children, a treasure hunt and we invited the parents to participate
-Together with the parents we danced (Dance of Earth), then the children have made a choreographic demonstration of some asanas and in the end we made a concentration exercise with candles. In the end the parents shared some sentences they wrote during the session. Everyone was very inspired!