Matthew and Sophie Shine Bright

Matthew and Sophie Shine Bright

Matthew and Sophie were visiting Granny.

 

It had been raining for days and days.

Not just soft misty rain. Tapping fingers on face and head. 

But fat, juicy raindrops that formed gigantic puddles.  Pounding feet on the floor while sitting.

So after a long day of playing inside games, Granny tucked the children into bed and told them a story about the sparkly, starry night.

Once upon a time, there was a little star. Extended side angle pose.

Her name was Twilight.  She was a pretty little star and sparked softly into the dark sky around her.  Side angle pose and twinkle fingers. 

But she never felt, big enough or bright enough to dazzle in the darkness.   Goddess pose with arms to shoulder level, sparkle fingers.

This didn’t make her sad. Twilight felt determined (ask children what it means – to firmly decide on something).

She felt determined to sparkle brighter than even the biggest stars. Earth warrior pose.

So she set about making a plan with her older sister, Twinkle, to be lighter, brighter and dazzling. Dancers pose.

Twilight and Twinkle thought about holding their breath and puffing out their cheeks to look bigger.  Sit cross legged and pretend to blow up a balloon.

But this didn’t work because they could only hold their breath for a short time.

Next they thought about dancing a wild dance through the dark sky. Wild, free dancing.

But this didn’t work either because their beautiful light was left far behind them.

Next they decided to jump up and try to catch the big bright stars above their heads – their mummy and daddy stars, but they were too high. Jumping jacks.

So Twilight and Twinkle held hands and thought and were very still. Pairs tree pose.

They noticed that together, that their sparkle and light was super bright when they were together.

If they worked together, they could be as bright as their mummy and daddy.  Much brighter than shining alone. So Twilight and Twinkle decided to join together and shine bright.  See Acro yoga. One person lies on floor with legs up and supports partners body on feet and holding hands. Google this.

The stars realized that sharing a problem was better than working alone. Shavasana

The End

 ©Veronique O’Toole 2016