Introduction

A third grader begins Opening Sequence A—Sun Salutations—welcoming the sun by raising her hands up high, palms pressed together above her head in añjali mudrā. She bends low to the ground, calming her mind by coordinating breaths, gaze, and movements, before rising up to face the sun. Cued by the sound of a bell, she sits in Lotus—cross-legged with feet above the knees, eyes closed, thumbs and forefingers circled into ...