Wobbly

May 15, 2013
 
“Hold onto your foot with one hand and stand on the other, stretch out the other arm and stand still for as long as you can, feeling the stretch in your leg” the teacher said.  The children wobbled about doing as the teacher said, trying to find their balance.  “If you are losing your balance try looking at something still”, he suggested.
 
“I don’t want to do Yoga mum", Adam cried, "Taekwondo is bad enough!” 
“You don’t have to, no one can force you to do something like that.  I just think it might be good for you”. 
“Well, I don’t want to do it and that’s that!” 
“OK, honey, you don’t have to”. 
“What is it for anyway?  Tell me Mum.  I won’t do it anyway, but just tell me”.
“Well, honey, you know how you were all wobbly in Taekwondo the other day?  Well, yoga could teach you not to be, your body, and on the inside too”. 
“I know how not to be wobbly, I just need to look at something still, like the wall or something”. 
“That’s right, and what about inside, can you look at something still inside yourself?”  “What do you mean?” 
“Well, you know how sometimes other children might say something to upset you and you might get upset or angry and you feel all wobbly on the inside?  Well, yoga can help you find a still place inside yourself where you feel calm, where you are Adam no matter what others say or do around you”.
“We are all really good at being who we are sometimes, and not so much at other times, like your friend who is too scared to be your friend when there are mean children around.  He gets a bit wobbly then, doesn’t he?  And then you have other friends that are not wobbly at all and stick by you no matter what!”
“Yea, sometimes I am really nice when the bullies are around”.
“What do you mean?”
“Well, I try to be really cool so that they won’t bother me…”
“That’s ok, honey, we all get a bit wobbly sometimes, even big people do.  And sometimes, Adam, when you are feeling all wobbly, there will be some people who will come and push you over just because it’s easy.  But you know what Adam, you also have some really good friends that will come and help you keep still and find your balance again”.

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