I sought out being alone today.
The family was separating out to different chacras to work, I was invited to tend to the cows, but I needed to prepare my teacher and municipality talks just in case I need to do them this week. So I explained that I had to work and declined.
During my extended yoga session this morning, due to yesterday’s chacra work, I was interrupted by a little niece that is staying with us. With a huge smile on her face I think I disappointed her when I didn’t return the excitement to see her. I had to come out of a challenging pose to open the door for her! The poor sweet thing wanted to read another book with me. How, could I say no?
I had about 100 copies of 4 different books donated to me by a Limenean family. I kept four to use on my own, and the rest are set aside to give away to parents when they come to my workshops.
She kicked off her shoes just like the last time she visited and climbed onto my bed to make herself comfortable. She is 5 and can’t count to 20. I am about 99% positive that she has never been read to, and she just eats up any attention I give her. And I love her. Her chubby cheeks, how her eyes almost disappear when she smiles so big, how she takes great care to turn the pages of the book even more gently than I taught her to.
The morning yoga and reading session set off my day with a nice skip, even though I hardly left my seat and finished the first couple months of teacher lectures.
The very first lecture is on child brain development and memory. A base for them to build their teaching methods off of.
The second on the importance of language/speaking and nurturance for the developing brain.
It felt SO good to be talking about the brain all day, even if it was just to a computer.
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