 My name is Emily. Thank you for joining me today for some yoga. Today's kids yoga will focus on two things. First is just having a heart full of thanks. So what are you thankful for? We'll think about that throughout our routine. Second, as the temperature cools down I tend to eat more. And so I also like to show you some twists because twists help your belly to just digest food or take care of the food a little more easily. Just if you do twists, make sure it's two hours before or after eating. So today's routine we'll start with some hug breaths. Namaste some. Extend and stretch. We'll do sunset rotation we'll get into some movement and we'll have our mystery bag and then let's finish with some breathing and our closing. Alright so let's get into a comfortable seated position. Maybe crisscross apple sauce or we're on the floor and let's open our arms wide deep breath in and give it a hug. Big breath in. Maybe something else you're thankful for. Anything else you can think of. So nice. Let's take a big breath in. Let's come up and then down in front of our hearts. Namaste. Namaste. This is the way we started. The light in me honors the light in you. Namaste. Extend and stretch. Extend and stretch. Twist and turn. Twist and turn. Let's have fun. Let's have fun. So many things to be thankful for. Let's see I'm always thankful for the movement. It always makes me feel so good. Can you help me? Will you follow along? Let's get into our sunset rotation. So we'll take a big breath in. Reaching for the sky thank you son. Reaching for our toes. Stepping back. Thank you ground. And then coming into snake pose. Thank you creatures of all sorts. Let's push that down dog. Thank you to all sorts of critters and pets. Maybe a dog. Maybe a cat. Maybe the cows at Dot Art Landscape in Vermont. Show me your cat. Meow. Now let's think of some other critters we might see around. Ah. Actually the other day I just saw a donkey. Let's come on up. Oh nice. It might be a little cold that we'll pretend we're froggies. Going for a big, big fly. One, two, three. What does a frog say? One, two. Let's try something similar. But we'll do a little bit of a change. Get some twists in there. Let's come into our modified sun setting. Breathing in and breathing out. Now watch this. I'm going to put one hand on my opposite foot and reach for the sky looking up towards my hand. Opposite hand to my other foot. Reaching up. So nice. And let's come down. Ah. So nice. Come up into our snake pose. Now for down dog let's stack it. So show me lifting one leg and then we're bringing it way back as far as you can. Now let's shake out the other tail and bring it around the other side. So nice. Now coming down onto my hands and knees I'm also thankful for all sorts of flying critters. So let's flap a wing up and I'm going to tuck my wing under my arm and rest. Let's try the other side. I'm going to flap my wing up and tuck it under my other wing. So nice. So doing some sanitation I thought about all sorts of things that I'm very grateful for. Especially living in Vermont where we are. All sorts of animals. All sorts of beautiful things outside our door. Tell me is there anything you're grateful for? Good idea. Nature. The sky. The sun. Trees. This is great. You totally inspired me. Hmm. Let's get into our tree pose. Everyone we're going to pour our weight down and come up onto one foot. So your heel can be under your knee or maybe over your knee. I'll find what feels good for you. Show me your trees. And then here's a little song to go with it. I'm thankful for the trees. I'm thankful for the sun. I'm thankful for the sky and lots of outdoor fun. Such an inspiration. Let's change sides. Again I pour my weight down and either under my knee or over my knee. Whatever feels good for you. What are you thankful for? What are you thankful for? I love that you're telling me about what we see outside. Anything else? Food. For sure. Oh man. I love food too. Let's go. Let's do banana pose. So hand up and we'll lean to one side. Let's do. I'm thankful for some food. I'm thankful for some treats. I'm thankful for some bread and very good things to eat. Let's do banana on the other side. What are you thankful for? What are you stew? Such good ideas. Can you follow along with me? Let's get into our mountain pose. I'm thankful for my family. I'm thankful for my friends. I'm thankful for the love that never seems to end. Let's keep going. Show you something that I'm grateful for. But for some help. Can you clap with me? I'll show you. What's inside the mystery bag? The mystery bag. What's inside the mystery bag? Tell me you know. I promise no bananas in there. I didn't put any trees in there. Any guesses? Should we take a peek? Let's do it. Oh. Oh man I promise you. Oh my goodness. I'm thankful for these little curries because each one has a little story. This chicken was with my daughter throughout kindergarten so she wasn't sad. And this little raccoon was with my son while he was at home all year last year. So I'm thankful for these little critters for helping me out. Being kind to my family. So if you have any little critters that make you feel better go ahead and grab them. Am I going to hold them close in front of my heart? Now as I breathe in I'll lift my elbows and lift my chin and think of something I'm grateful for. Breathe in. Get my critters a kiss. You want to try that with me? I'm thankful for these little guys. They kept my son and daughter. My daughter and my son great company. Alright. We're going to take it down a little bit with our critters, with our friends. That's coming to a comfortable position on our back. I'd like to show you one more twist so maybe our critters can help. So I'll put our critters in one hand and bring them out. I'm going to drop my feet in the opposite direction. My knees are dropping towards the wall, all my hands stretching towards you. And my face is pointing towards you. Looking at my little critters actually. Let's come on up and we'll put our critters on the opposite side. Now my knees are going to fall towards you and my face will fall towards my little critters. Hi guys. When you're ready we'll bring our knees to the sky, sliding our feet out and let's come into Shavasana. Just totally relax here. Maybe your critters are on your belly and this way when you breathe you can feel them or even see them lifting or maybe they're close to your heart. Let's take a few moments to just relax here in this position. That felt great. I'm always glad to have a chance to relax. Let's come into a comfortable seated position. Maybe crisscross applesauce. We'll keep our critters close by maybe in our laps. Thank you for joining me today for some twists and for things that you're grateful for. Let's take a deep breath in. Bring our hands over our head and in front of our hearts. Namaste. Namaste. This is the way we end our yoga day. The light in we honors the light in you. Namaste.