When teaching children yoga you always need a number of fun and engaging yoga games at your disposal. Here is a suggestion from yoga expert Aruna Humphrys of Young Yoga Masters. This game focuses on increasing intuition, awareness, and sensitivity to others and the environment. It also teaches about our senses and how heavily we rely upon the sense of sight. By playing Heart’s Hide ‘n Seek, children develop their sense of hearing and touch in order to navigate unharmed and locate their classmates.
Heart’s Hide ’n Seek
Ask everyone to close their eyes and have them raise their arms out in front of them, reaching with their finger tips. They will slowly walk around, eyes closed, and try to feel for the other kid’s finger tips. The game is to be quiet, if they meet someone keep their eyes closed and don’t talk, they only touch gently. Can they feel the person’s energy through their fingertips? Then they can whisper “Hello” or “Namaste” and then move on to find someone else.
The teacher needs to watch the kids because everyone has their eyes closed. But it is fun to see if the kids can feel their way around the room without using their eyes. They can use their heart and intuition. Feel instead of see.
Many kids will have trouble keeping their eyes closed and being quiet, but it is still a fun challenge to try it and they can build up to going longer times. And it also has to be an empty room so the kids don’t get hurt.
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Thanks for the link back. This game is a lot of fun. The kids giggle through it and they will try to guess (or peek at) who they touch fingers with. But its very heart opening to connect in this way.
I should mention it is a variation of a meditation given by Yogi Bhajan and can be done with adults as well.