Last spring to celebrate the 131st Easter Egg Roll, a group from Zuda Yoga in Sacramento, along with teachers from MBody Yoga in Florida, Cleveland Yoga & Downdog Yoga in DC, were invited to be the first to do yoga on the White House Lawn. For 12 hours non-stop they offered kids yoga to the 30,000 people attending the event, the theme of which was “Let’s Go Play.” The entire event was designed to help encourage American youth to lead healthy and active lives.
An excerpt from their write up about the event reads:
“The yoga comes naturally to the children as we play with poses on our mats. We progress through series of animal asanas in chorus of Mooos, Meows and Howls. We conquer our fear in Peaceful Warrior and fly high to let our light shine bright in Airplane. The parents and children show much trust in us, sometimes holding hands or climbing in our laps.We teach that yoga is about friendship and seeing the good in others. Each one of us is perfect just the way we are.”
Supposedly all the Obama women (Grandma Marian Robinson, First Lady Michelle Obama, and First daughters Sasha & Malia ) all enjoy doing yoga. One report about the event asks “Could this be the beginning of mainstream acceptance of yoga as part of a healthy lifestyle? To have it promoted by our nation’s highest family is a pretty good endorsement for many.”
I don’t know about the political fallout from adding yoga to the list of endorsed activities, but I think its pretty cool when you can do yoga on the White House Lawn. What a fun way to spend the day. Celebrating life, joy and unity in the shadow of such a building.
Thanks to elephantjournal for sharing. Here are a bunch of photos from the event.
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Wow! Just one more reason to be proud of our current president, his family and the administration. What a great, great thing – thanks for sharing!
This is great news I didn’t know about. Yea for Yoga!