Child's handwritten note in green marker asking for peace and love

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You Get What You Need…

This is the time of applied, intuitive consciousness.

This is the time we let our hearts open up.

This is the time we need our children to experience reality through the compassion of the heart.

This is the time I asked our Fernbank Yoga Club Students~

What do you need to feel more present?

This is the time to state your needs so we can better serve our yoga club…

 

 

Child's handwritten note in green marker asking for peace and love

 

Celia, fourth grade

Handwritten note: We need peace, cooperation, and calm areas.

Ellis, third grade

Handwritten note asking for more savasana and more quiet stretchy time

Beverly, fourth grade

Handwritten note: I want more shavasana. I want more peace.

Julia, second grade

Handwritten notes asking for more love, more calm, more energy and peace

Elena, first grade

Handwritten note: I need help controlling my self.

Emily, second grade

Handwritten note: I need help focus on my self.

Audrey, second grade

Handwritten note: I need help with plank.

Lauren, kindergarten

Handwritten note asking to do harder stuff and learn peace and love

Lucy, first grade

Handwritten note asking for more advanced poses and more creativity

Jack, third grade

Handwritten note: for people to Love. I Love Yoga.

Brooklyn, kindergarten

…This is the time to strengthen our nervous systems, so the power of the magnetic human heart can be the force of peace.

Peace has a force to it.

It’s not passive.

This is the time to create a peaceful force to help us navigate through ups and downs, so we can really move mountains.

 

Let there be Peace
Let there be Peace of Mind
Let there be Peace with Mankind
Let there be Peace of the States
Let the World dwell within the Force of Peace~ Yogi Bhajan

Thank you, Traci Childress, The Mindful Reflection Project, for the “What are your needs?” inspiration.

Sat Nam

 

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