Box Yoga and the Monkey Brush

Though not a mainstay in the household, yoga is an activity that the parents do and have endeavored to teach Maïa (and Solanne, to a limited extent). Maïa is adept at the half lotus, downward dog, cobra, and a few variations on other favourites. So when Solanne started to empty out short, stout toyboxes so she could sit in them, cross-legged, Dad began calling it "box yoga." It's a running joke in the house: "Uh-oh, Solanne is up to her box yoga again!"

Maïa, not to be outdone, has invented her own yoga position: the Monkey Brush. It looks somewhat like a push-up (arms extended), but with the feet resting on the futon in the office. It looks nothing like a monkey or a brush, but somehow, the name is fitting (besides, do you really look like a mountain when you do The Mountain in yoga?). Maïa has taught both parents to do the Monkey Brush, often on demand. But Maïa is still the best at it. It takes some skill to master it, and who better but the creator of the move to do it perfectly?