The first person in our family to do yoga (瑜伽) was my mum. Her best friend, Sissy, who lived next door to us, 1 yoga to her. She said if Mum was tired of the rush of modern life and wanted to feel less 2 , then yoga could help. Sissy was a very peaceful person so Mum 3 accepted.
I watched Mum every day doing her breathing exercises and 4 her postures (动作). After a few months, she said she felt much 5 . Dad was getting envious. He wasn't going to be left out so he 6 yoga too. He goes to a class twice a week now.
Then Mum had the bright 7 that my sister and I should do yoga. She researched the kind of yoga that is 8 for children and learned as much as she could about it. Then she became our 9 . To my surprise, it turned out really well.
At first, we mostly did breathing exercises but then we moved on to stretching (伸展) exercises. We had to lift our ribcage (胸廓), reach our arms to the side and circle our body with them. Mum told us to 10 we were enjoying ourselves in the sunshine. It was really fun!
Our whole family does yoga now. Even our dog, Bingo, likes to join in!
