Review: Mom & Dad, Big & Little, Cat

The Lazy Cat Yoga Pose: Cat & Cow ☯ Chinese Word: Cat

There once was a very lazy māo. She spent all her days stretching from side to side and thinking about her next bowl of food. One afternoon, she saw a big catnip plant and she said, “I am a fast māo and I can get that catnip!” She sprinted out the door and reached her […]

Mabel the Mommy Loves to Shop Yoga Pose: Star ☯ Chinese Word: Big & Little

My name is Mabel the Mommy and I love to shop. I have two kids I love to shop for — Zeda and Zacha.  Zeda is very, very dà and Zacha is very, very xǐao. Today I went shopping and I found two books. One was very, very dà and one was very, very xǐao. […]

Who’s Mom and Who’s Dad? Yoga Pose: Pigeon ☯ Chinese Word: Mom & Dad

Once upon a time there was a māma and a bàba and they were interested in different things.  Can you guess who was the māma and who was the bàba?  Here’s a hint…listen to my silly voice! I love to work in the garden and sometimes I sing in the shower.  I’m a māma. I […]

Review : Gorilla, Bird, I Love

The Girl Who Loved Everything Yoga Pose: Wide Angle Seated Forward Bend ☯ Chinese Word: I Love

There once lived a girl named Olivia. And she was very happy…so happy in fact, that she loved everything!  She was adventurous and smart and a little bit silly.  She loved every kind of food…so much in fact, that she developed a large belly!  One day her friend decided to see just how many things she loved […]

The Robot And The Bird Yoga Pose: Upward Salute ☯ Chinese Word: Bird

Once upon a time there was a girl niāo who was quietly enjoying a piece of fish.  Suddenly, a robot came up and frightened the little niāo.  The robot said, “Come fly with me!  I will find you a friend you can live with.”  So, the robot and the niāo flew east and they flew west until they came to a […]

Gorilla Goes Bananas Yoga Pose: Gorilla ☯ Chinese Word: Gorilla

Once there was a lush green jungle in a faraway land.  In this jungle lived a dà xīngxing.  He ate many yummy treats, but his favorite food of all was bananas. One day while he was sunning himself, our dà xīngxing smelled a banana.   He jumped from shù (tree) to shù (tree) trying to find that banana, and […]