From Armadillo to Elephant

(swooshing waves) Hi, I'm so glad you could make it. It's time for yoga. Let's come into armadillo pose. A is for armadillo. So let's fold up.

Tuck your knees underneath. Rock a little from side to side and take a few deep breaths here. Breathe through your nose. Exhale. Armadillos are hard on the outside, soft in the middle.

Rock a little from side to side and feel your soft armadillo belly. Deep breath. B is for butterfly so bring your feet together, push your heels together and take a few deep breaths. Rock a little from side to side and feel your butterfly wings. Where do you want to go?

Grandma's house? How about the beach? I want to go to Paris. So you better fly fast. Take a few deep breaths.

And after all that flying, we need to rest so bring your legs a little farther in front, take a deep breath and walk your hands forward. Pause. Make sure it feels good for your body. Breathing. And then you might even put your head all the way down and picture what colors your wings are.

Maybe they're orange. Mine feel purple today. Deep breath and relaxing your body. Very good. C's for cat so let's come up onto our hands and knees.

Spread your paws wide. Rock a little from side to side and we'll warm up our spines so let's round in cat, rock a little from side to side, breathing and then bend your elbows. Inhale up, arch. Feel your spine. Take a deep breath.

So good, let's do that a few more times and really feel our spines. So get round in cat. Exhale. Inhale, take the breath in through your nose. Wobble.

Few more times. You might even meow. Meow. Inhale up and moo. Moo.

Very good. Okay, d is for dog so let's come into dog. Spread your fingers wide, straighten out your legs. Bend one knee. Bend the other knee.

Walk your dog off. Wag your tail a few times. It feels good to be a dog. Let's do a three legged dog. Bring one leg up, bend your knee, rock a little from side to side, stretch your dog legs.

It feels so good to stretch. And then straighten up that leg. Bring it down to the Earth and other side. Inhale that leg up. Bend your knee, rock a little from side to side.

Wag your tail, little doggy. Breathing. And then slowly bring that leg down and then we'll walk our legs up towards our hands. E is for elephant. Take a deep breath in.

Exhale and make a trunk behind your back. Bring your trunk way out over your head. Rock a little from side to side. Stretch your shoulders. Feel how strong you are, elephant.

Breathing. And then release your hands. Come down, bend your knees. Oh, I feel better already.