When we practice Surya Namaskar - the Sun Salutations - in children’s Yoga classes, we like to go faster, and faster and faster.   The kids really love this.  We practice a few rounds slow and even with the breath and then we speed it up each round.  We finish with one slow and even round.

Today my 7-10 year old students wanted to go fast right from the first round.  There are so many benefits to moving in tune with one’s natural rate of breathing, I didn’t want them to miss out.  So, I suggested to them that they were mirrors and they followed me exactly.  This worked great.  I “mirrored” a nice, even round of Sun Salutations and then invited each student to have a chance to mirror (this only works with smaller groups so everyone gets a turn - there were seven children in class today).

With the mirroring, each child paid careful attention to the details of each position and accessed the tremendous benefits of this ancient flow.

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