Yogathon

 

 
North Shore News September 19, 2012
 
 
 
Brother and sister Charlie (4) and Maggie Devine (2) at the Yogathon For Kids held September 9th at the West Vancouver Community Centre.
 

Brother and sister Charlie (4) and Maggie Devine (2) at the Yogathon For Kids held September 9th at the West Vancouver Community Centre.

Photograph by: Cindy Goodman , North Shore News

Yogathon, a fundraiser for Yoga Aid World Challenge a global event in support of several humanitarian charities, was held at the West Vancouver Community Centre on September 9th.

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Brother and sister Charlie (4) and Maggie Devine (2) at the Yogathon For Kids held September 9th at the West Vancouver Community Centre.
 

Brother and sister Charlie (4) and Maggie Devine (2) at the Yogathon For Kids held September 9th at the West Vancouver Community Centre.

Photograph by: Cindy Goodman , North Shore News

 
Brother and sister Charlie (4) and Maggie Devine (2) at the Yogathon For Kids held September 9th at the West Vancouver Community Centre.
Children, parents and instructors participated in the Yogathon in West Van. The event was a fundraiser in conjunction with Yoga Aid World Challenge.
The group was instructed to act like animals to loosen up and move.
The free family event was presented by Blooming Kids Yoga and Karma Teachers.
The gym at West Van Community Centre was alive with children and adults exploring movement by mimicking their favorite animal.
Everyone hopped, crawled, ran and slunk around the gym.
Karma yoga teachers dressed in costume for the event.
Six community classes were offered throughout the day with instructors showing the kids what poses were possible.
An emphasis on fun, lightness and movement was the order of the days event.
Yasmin Ali who's with Karma and Unity Yoga does a pose with 6-year-old Rafik Amri.
The two create their own crazy fun pose.
Games like this blowing a cotton ball across the room by instructor Elizabeth Tse were to encourage movement and fun for the families.
Elizabeth Tse was delighted to be involved with the firs Kids Yogathon. Donations were accepted during this free event for Yoga Aid World Challenge.
Everyone got into the spirit of the activities.
Maggie Devine plays the cotton ball blowing game during the Yogathon.
Maggie Devine has her mothers assistance with positioning the straw during the game.
Charlie Devine also gets into the game.
The group races across the floor blowing their cotton balls through the straws.
When the yoga fun is over, children are asked to close their eyes and rest for the equivalent of savasana or corpse pose.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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