Apraxia Monday: It’s Yoga Time
By Leslie Lindsay Forget Hammer time…it’s yoga time! Just recently, my daughter Kate (7.9 years and recovering from CAS) came home from school all pumped up about yoga. Yes, yoga. Her P.E. instructor lead a week-long segment on the benefits of yoga. She fell in love. (and yay for the P.E. teacher for trying something a little unconventional). Kate looked around the house for my yoga mats–she going to teach mom some “yoga moves” (forgetting all about the all-important after-school snack). I smiled and went along with her. Satisfied, she rolled the mats out in the basement play area and flipped on an old Enya C.D. She even made a poster, ‘Yoga is Fun’ and a membership card. She stood at the bottom of the stairs and fake-punched my card. I was set for a 1:1 yoga instruction. She lead me through a series of excercises/poses and I have to admit–some were pretty tough. She beamed. I don’t know if it was the fact that mommy was doing something she had learned at school, or the fact that she could …