Blackbird Family Yoga—soooo OHHHHHMMMMMMMM!

October 20th, 2010

 

 

Blackbird Family Yoga studio is a lovely space to practice. Cork floors. Walls painted a green that is at once calming and invigorating. High ceilings. Natural light streaming in through windows.

 

And a kid room. That’ right—there is childcare available during adult yoga sessions. Finally! That has been the thing that has prevented me from so many workouts and ohm sessions.

 

And then there’s Amanda Uphoff, our kid-parent yogi and studio owner, who is as lovely as her space. She hooks the kids in with a song about ohm, her voice as sweet as birdsong, then takes suggestions from the crowd about where we should go for our yoga adventure. Turns out we’re headed to a zoo in outerspace. We blast off and soon are doing tiger and horse poses, and kids are riding their grownups back while parked in plank. At class’s end, we snuggle up with our little yoga partners in shavasana under a fleecy blanket, and Miss Amanda comes ‘round to massage all the little feet and toes.

 

Amanda directs us well, but keeps it loose, too. Many of the younger kids explore around the room. And then there’s my little guy, who, because we are in outerspace, insists on incorporating lightsaber duel poses and Darth Vader breathing into our yoga session.  Sigh. I try to center and I breathe more deeply.  

 

Next time I’m going to go for parent-child yoga Mondays at 10, then stay for adult hatha at 11, while my kiddo plays away in the cozy and fun kid room. And, dear husband, I’d love a yoga party for my birthday.

 

On our way home, I ask my son, “What do you think of yoga, buddy?”

 

“I LOVE yoga!”

 

No better testimony than that!

 

Check back soon. Amanda will guest post about her fave poses for busy mamas!

 

— Mama Kate

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