Jul 22nd, 2009
Butterfly Dance
About this exercise Ilchi Lee writes this exercise encourages kids to express themselves through movement. It can also serve as a positive symbolic starting place for any change that may be taking place in their lives. Play some light music that your child can dance to during this exercise.
01. Pretend that you are a little caterpillar, crawling around the room. You love to eat the leaves and watch the grown-up butterflies flying about. What kind of butterfly do you want to be?
02. Now crouch down on the floor in some safe hiding place in the room. Wrap yourself up in a blanket or sheet. This is your cocoon. What does it feel like in the cocoon? Do you want to come out?
03. As the music plays, slowly wriggle out of your cocoon. You are now a little butterfly. How do you feel to be out of your cocoon? Slowly unfold your brand-new wings.
04. Open up your wings and “fly” around the room, feeling and moving to the music. Express what kind of butterfly you are in the way you move.