I hope you all had a fabulous Halloween! If you're like me, your Halloween was pretty busy. While trick-or-treating was obviously a major Halloween highlight, I also had the pleasure of doing two photography gigs that day. Both gigs were related to my daughter's school. The first gig, which I'll write about in another post, was taking pictures of the kiddies at my daughter's school in their awesome Halloween costumes. The second, was taking pictures of the kiddies from my daughter's school in their Wednesday Yoga program.

I am still blown away by the fact that my daughter is learning Yoga. After all, she's only FOUR. But if there's one thing that my daughter's school has taught me, it's that empowering kids is one of the most amazing gifts that you can give them. And believe me when I tell you that pre-schoolers/kindergarteners are TOTALLY capable of learning Yoga.  Sure, it's more chaotic than say, an adult class, but the kiddies get right into it, and my daughter, for one, loves to show me the various poses that she learns in class.

Until today, I never knew exactly what went on in Yoga class. Obviously a Yoga class for such young kids must be tailored to them, and must be interesting enough such that they stay engaged for the full half-hour (and believe me when I tell you that they wouldn't be able to handle more than that). One of the awesome things that my daughter's teacher does is play fun, engaging music to go along with the poses. Another awesome thing she does is tell a story to go along with the poses. Since I caught the class on Halloween, all of the kiddies were dressed up in their costumes. And the poses that went along with the Yoga narrative (story) were all Halloween-themed. Today's pose names included the Headless Horseman and Spider. And the kids were right into it.

I feel so privileged to have been able to attend one of the classes. I spent the whole time grinning from ear-to-ear behind the camera. It was a combination of cuteness overload and pride. These kids were just awesome.

Here are a few quick little snapshots of the kiddies during their Halloween class. You'll probably notice that the kids are in costume. My daughter is the one dressed as a bumblebee.