Grhago dhikaa Zilaa (Lizard on the Rock)
Children love to hear stories and love to practice yoga with a partner. The combination of the two is golden. As a facilitator, take yourself into your child’s mind as you weave a tale of sunny deserts with colorful lizards full of adventure!
Let the children’s inevitable contributions move your story into places you never dreamed of. Lose your inhibitions as you guide them through a fanciful meditation while they rest in savasana or padmasana.
Then when the story is done, demonstrate this combination of balasana (child’s pose) as the rock (bottom) and a modified matsyasana (fish pose becomes the lizard on top). Be sure to stress the need for a signal between the partners to maximize the experience and avoid injury; a whisper of “let’s stop” or a tap on the leg to initiate a slow release from the posture. To minimize the weight on “the rock”, “the lizard’s” bottom may rest on the floor.
Warm your hearts with the “desert sun” on a cold January day then rejuvenated, pass on your heart’s warmth to all your friends and loved ones.
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