Hooray for Intergenerational Yoga Day, part 1
Tune into what matters
and tune out what does not
Stretch your arms high
sense train of thought
Lift UP your low belly
your thumbs and your knees
Don’t Rock the Boat
Pretty, Pet Please
Giggle at Planks
And faces of strength
hands under knees
connect circumstances
Lean Back, Lift Up
Are you taking chances?
Sa, Ta, Na, Ma
Sa, Ta, Na, Ma
Ah, In Awe
In Awe, In Awe
Use that power
to Bring It ON!
as an inner
and an outer
LIASON!
Sat Nam
Thank you Little Shop of Stories, Bud, Not Buddy, Grounded Step 3 Teachers, Renfroe Middle and the City of Decatur for the connection of yoga, literature art and music. And family. And friends. And love.
And thank you, Kelly Sue, for capturing this magical day.
Have you ever head the term “The Ground Truth”? Spies say it when they want to know what really went down, no cover-ups and no interpretations. Apparently in life or death spy situations it’s important to know the ground truth in order to move forward in the mission. In NASA, the ground truth is part of the calibration process where a person on the ground makes a measurement of the same thing the satellite is trying to measure at the same time. The two answers are then compared to help evaluate how well the satellite instrument is performing.
Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: “What does his voice sound like?” “What games does he like best?” “Does he collect butterflies?” They ask: “How old is he?” “How many brothers does he have?” “How much does he weigh?” “How much does his father make?” Only then do they think they know him. If you tell grown-ups, “I saw a beautiful red brick house, with geraniums at the windows and doves on the roof…” They won’t be able to imagine such a house. You have to tell them “I saw a house worth a hundred thousand francs.” Then they exclaim, “What a pretty house!”…That’s the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.