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Sun Dance Series - Easter Dance

3/28/2018

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Easter weekend is right around the corner, and I know many families have very special Easter traditions that they look forward to each year. My family is not included in those many, as our Easter plans and activities tend to evolve from year to year, but we definitely LOVE our Easter egg hunt. What we've given to the kiddos over the past 7 years has also changed, as we now like to steer away from candy and chocolate (those vegan chocolate eggs are pricey!) to reduce their sugar intake. So last year we started to give them change in their eggs - $0.25 in each one; it added up pretty quick for them, and they were SO happy to get money. Then in their basket, they each got a special toy that they were excited about. Simple! No big sugar rushes or crashes and happiness all around.

What ever your traditions are around food, family and fun this time of year, I hope that you will make time to share a special moment or two together in presence with your little ones. This week I have the amazing opportunity to just BE with my children, no work, no cell phone, no email - just us together, playing, crafting, cuddling, and enjoying one another's company. What an outstanding gift. Our Easter dance is simply another means to connect with each other during this special holiday, even if just for a minute or two. If you missed the first post in this series, you'll want to have a look at it as it will give you the background you need to best use our newest addition to the Sun Dance Series. ​ I hope you enjoy!

Stretch up high, wave to the sun
(Standing in mountain pose, reach arms up & wave)
Hang down low, reach for a chocolate egg
(Forward fold, reaching down for your toes)
Feet jump back, into your basket
(Bend your knees, place your hands down and jump or step your feet back to plank & take a big breath in)
Belly on the ground, let's search all around
(Bending at the elbows, lower your body down to the ground & look in all directions)
Look up high, look to either side
(Press the hands into the ground, to straighten the arms into cobra pose, looking up, and then from side to side)
Look behind
(Knees under hips, curl the toes under & shift into downward dog)
& breathe & breathe & breathe 
(Take 3 big breaths in through the nose and out through the nose, filling the belly BIG like a balloon when you breathe in, letting all the air out when you breathe out)
Feet jump up, you've found one now
(Hop the feet up, into a frog squat)
Hang down low, it's by your toes
(Straighten the legs, forward fold & reach down for your toes while pretending to find an Easter egg)
Stretch up high, hold your egg to the sky
(Coming to stand, reach both arms up over head with a big breath in and say YES! as you make fists with your hands and draw your elbows down towards your hips)
Now Easter Bunny pose!
(Bending the knees slightly, like chair pose, bring your little bunny paws up & hop!)

Wishing you blessings of peace and love over this Easter weekend! May you always remember to find and create the extraordinary in the ordinary. As always, if you have any comments, or want to share how you are using our sun dance series we would love to hear it. With a full heart, be bright, be bold & be you!

Deep love,

-Vanessa


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Sun Dance Series - Spring Dance

3/19/2018

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Spring is sprung! Today is the FIRST official day of spring. Unfortunately here in Edmonton, that reality is far from truth, knowing that we will likely be living in this snowy wonder(waste)land until the end of April or so. In early February I spent the weekend in Victoria for the yoga conference, and there were BUDS and BLOSSOMS beginning to make themselves known. During the first weekend of March, I ran a training in Vancouver, and saw the beginning of their buds and blossoms as well. I am SO lucky and grateful to have experienced the start of spring two times already this year, and really, really, REALLY look forward to seeing that **soon** (fingers crossed) in my own city too.

Spring is so magical, it's a time of new beginnings, new life, new sights, sounds, smells, feelings... it's feels like a re-awakening, a fresh boost of energy and excitement, the warmth of sunshine on your bare arms... Yes, can you tell? I love spring! And I am so excited to share this Spring Dance with you. If you missed the first post in this series, you'll want to have a look at it as it will give you the background you need to best use our newest addition to the Sun Dance Series. ​

Stretch up high, wave to the warm sun in the sky
(Standing in mountain pose, reach arms up & wave)
Hang down low, feel the grass between your toes
(Forward fold, reaching down for your toes)
Feet jump back, into the field of flowers
(Bend your knees, place your hands down and jump or step your feet back to plank & take a big breath in)
Belly on the ground, let's smell them now
(Bending at the elbows, lower your body down to the ground & pretend to sniff the lovely field)
Look up a the bumble bees
(Press the hands into the ground, to straighten the arms into cobra pose, looking at the bees)
Now look back at the bunnies
(Knees under hips, curl the toes under & shift into downward dog)
& breathe & breathe & breathe 
(Take 3 big breaths in through the nose and out through the nose, filling the belly BIG like a balloon when you breathe in, letting all the air out when you breathe out - you can imagine you are a bunny and twitch your nose)
Feet jump up, just like a frog
(Hop the feet up, into a frog squat)
Hang down low, pick up a lady bug
(Straighten the legs, forward fold & reach down for your toes while pretending to find a lady bug)
Stretch up high, wave to the birds as they fly by
(Coming to stand, reach both arms up over head & wave)
Now spring flower pose!
(Hands come together above your head, keeping your pinkie, thumb and base of the palm connected, open the rest of the fingers to create a lovely flower with your hands as you lower them back down to your heart - here's a sample of what it should look like if that doesn't make sense)

I hope you love this new Sun Dance as much as I love Spring! I've been thinking.... why not create these in video format to go along with the script? If you like this idea, and see value in it please let me know in a comment below, even if there's only one person who digs it, I'm in! For now, I wish you the most amazing first day of spring. May it bring you plenty of love, beauty and joy.

Be Bright, Be Bold, Be You!

Most love,
-Vanessa
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