On Thursday we were very lucky to have a taster session of yoga. Reception do yoga once a week so we were very excited to try it. Karen came to teach us what to do. When we got in the hall we had to take our shoes and socks off because we all had our own mats to work on. First we had to warm up. It is important to do this because it stops us from hurting our muscles and gets our hearts pumping faster.
Karen showed us how to stand like a 'mountain': this was a very straight, still and tall position. Yoga is a type of exercise that includes lots of different stretches. We did our stretches whilst Karen told us a story about an alien called Jury who was trapped on the moon. We did lots of different movements like climbing a rocket, walking without gravity and shooting back down to Earth. It was a bit like a role play. We managed to save Jury before it was too late!
At the end we had some relaxing music on and closed our eyes whilst we lay in the shape of a star. "Malaika and I nearly fell asleep! After it was really calm."- Hijaab. "We would like to do yoga every day!"- Kamile.
By Hijaab and Kamile
