Yoga; Thursday, Second Period [05/25].

[died8yearsago]

"So," said Rosa, with a bit of a sigh that seemed almost like a preamble to the topic for this week's class, "one things about yoga that's really important that sounds a little ridiculous is breathing. Obviously, breathing in general is important to things like, you know, living." A...pause. "For most of us," she amended, and continued: "But it's not something we generally think about. With yoga, though, and the mindfulness that goes with it, paying attention to one's breathing while going through your asanas will improve your experience and give you much more out of it. In the Eight Limbs of Yoga, this one's called Pranayama, so there's your cool, hip vocabulary word for the week.

"That's what we'll focus on today. We'll do a few Sun Salutations to get us started and see how much of it you retained from last week, and then we'll go over some breathing techniques to help you do yoga better. Cool down with some more Salutations, and that's it. Pretty simple, right?"

She was absolutely ready to judge anyone who thought otherwise.

Camp Cooking Essentials; Thursday, Third Period [05/25].

[chef_chocobro]

In the interest of saving time, Ignis had a couple of campfires already going at the site for today's class by the time the students arrived, with a little set-up of ingredients and equipment on a table as he waited. He, of course, would be open to chatting with any students that were early, but woe be to the ones who were not nearly so punctual, as he was going to launch into the lesson the moment the alarm on his watch alerted him to the fact that it was time to begin.

"Today," he began, "we're going to be focusing on a very specific type of cooking equipment that can be very useful even in a regular kitchen, but is absolutely essential to cooking at camp, and that is, of course, the Dutch oven."

Had you come out to the preserve that day expecting an incredibly thorough breakdown of what was essentially just a really nice pot? Because that was definitely what you were getting, as Ignis broke down some of the finer details on the variety of said pot, as well as what made it such an excellent tool for creating delicious meals, especially when working with a campfire.

"But enough talk," he said, and there'd definitely been plenty of that. "Let's put these principles into action and finally get to cooking. I have three recipes for you to choose from: short ribs, a classic pizza, and, of course, for a sweeter palate, apple pie. Yes, all over a campfire. You may even find it to be a new preferred method. So let's begin, shall we?"

Paintball, Thursday, May 25, 2023

[heroic_jawline]

When the paintball participants arrived, they would find only one teacher waiting for them on course.

Well. One teacher and a pony.

"It's been a very odd week," Steve said. "Tony's, um, a pony right now, so he's not really up for paintball at the moment. I am, though, so let's gear up and get ready to go. Today I've added buckets of paint in a few different hiding spaces. Please don't hit the pony with any of them?"

He was going end up with a rainbow colored pony husband, wasn't he?

Library, Thursday 5/25

[noonedecidesmyfate]

When Belle arrived at the library after washing off all traces of this morning's lava she found the library to be well-decorated.

There were sprigs of lilac flowers on all the tables and the desk and some shelves. There was a stack of small towels on one table with a sign marked "TAKE ONE!"

Belle had no idea why either of these things belonged in a library but the flowers were lovely and the towels were clean so she was hardly going to complain.

The Floor is Lava - Thursday, Period One

[wrongkindofsith]

Today the Danger Shop looked like the bouncy castle version of Mustafar some foreboding lava planet, and only one of your teachers was in evidence.

"Jane wasn't feeling like herself," was all Cara had to say on the matter. "You should all have gotten the idea of how it works by now, and we'll say it's a powers week. I'll be joining you again"

She might even refrain from cheating. Might.