Healthy Back

To keep your back healthy and strong,

you must move, just come along,

move it left and right in circles,

you’re nimble, you are not a turtle,

your heart blossom grows towards the sun –

Yoga can be so much fun!

Rotate your shoulders while the magic

transforms your shape, oh please don’t panic!

You are a Yoga animal,

standing on four feet – that’s swell.

Look at the mirror in your hand,

raise your feet, just one by one

as if you tried to touch the sun,

Now be a tiger, sneak around,

wag your tail and roar out loud!

Let’s play monkey, swing your arms,

jump around, make no alarm,

bounce like a goalie, catch the ball,

from left, from right, don’t let it fall!

Can you be an elephant,

strong but also elegant?

Raise your trunk and raise your tail,

dance around, you will not fail,

now ride your bicycle with grace,

elephants love the ballet,

and sometimes they even ride

on a surfboard with delight,

Yoga helps the elephant

to stand as tall as he can stand,

like a rocket when it starts

and he can also train the arts

of dancing like lord Shiva did –

Yoga keeps him really fit!

A Jungle Sun Salutation

The sun is rising in the east, 

the monkeys climb up the palm trees 

and brush their cosy fur all over, 

brush their teeth with mint and clover 

before they swing from tree to tree 

to the pond where they will meet 

their best friend, the elephant who with his long and mighty trunk 

drinks in some water just to shower 

the monkeys almost half an hour. 

Then his bicycle he mounts 

and happily cycles all around 

the pond to greet, gracefully dancing 

the merry crocodile who’s surfing 

on the water, twisting turning, 

before it starts to swim and chatter 

its teeth – it doesn’t like the weather. 

It greets the elephant and yawns. 

The tiger stretches his four paws 

before he joins the elefant 

for a walk around the pond. 

A frog leaps up to greet the sun 

– The jungle day has just begun. 

Journey to Yogaland

We dust our carpet with delight, 

this carpet takes us on a ride around the world to Yogaland 

– listen and you’ll understand: 

Over hills and over valleys, to the left and to the right 

– nothing but desert far and wide! 

As we fly over the dunes 

We sing a happy little tune, 

the camels join in and they grumble, 

they are beautiful and humble. 

Can you see the city there? A sweet fragrance fills the air, 

the market with its many stalls 

becons us to land and halt, 

to buy refreshments and some fruit 

– can you hear the charmer’s flute? 

Yes, India is the Yogaland, 

magic is right close at hand: 

See the serpent wind and move 

to the serpent charmer’s tune, 

hear her hiss and hiss along 

to the serpent’s mystic song! 

Elephants parade the streets, 

fittet out like for a feast, 

we’re happy to see them again, 

they are our best-loved friends. 

In Yogaland, all cows are holy, 

which is clear to every Yogi, 

so we inhale and take a bow 

to greet the gentle holy cows. 

If you practice your asanas 

and follow your inner sadhana 

every week and every day 

Yogaland’s not far away.

Morning in the Yoga Forest

The trees in the Yoga forest awake 

By a beautiful silvery lake, 

the sun arises in the sky 

and warms the forest with her light.

 The green frogs open their big eyes

and leap around to catch some flies. 

The cat stretches her furry paws, 

shows her sharp and shiny claws, 

wags her tail up and down 

and gently yawns „Meow, meow“ 

The wolf sneaks slowly through the firs, 

the rabbit pops up its long ears, 

unicorns give you energy to fly high above the trees,

like a rocket to the stars 

and land again, safe and unharmed. 

Giraffes can reach the highest leaves, 

they stretch their necks and stretch their knees, 

while the camel softly grumbles 

– camels never care for troubles! 

The eagle owl looks through its glasses 

as the morning quickly passes, 

a happy day now lies ahead 

– time to get out of your bed!

A pirate’s treasure 

 There’s a pirate on the deck

With a plumed hat and a wooden leg, 

he loves the stormy, salty breeze –

 it gives him strength and inner peace. 

On his shoulder sits a parrot, 

its beak is orange like a carrot. 

The parrot gives him much self trust 

so he can climb the highest mast.  

The pirate has a telescope 

it gives him clear view, gives him hope 

to steer his ship on the right course 

to an island full of treasures, 

lovely fruit and other pleasures. 

To the left and to the right 

sways the big ship with the tide, 

seagulls circle round the rigging, 

the pirates look forward to digging 

for gold and jewels in the sand, 

but first the pirates have to land 

on the fair island, so they row 

their little boat towards the shore

Dolphins wave as they swim by, 

whales spray water, wink an eye 

at the pirates on the beach 

who relax and also see 

that having friends and great adventures 

is the greatest of all treasures. 

All Rhymes from Claudia spoken by Anna Nittmann.