Oh wow! This is so exciting! Today begins our first day of Active Advent exercises correlating with the Truth in the Tinsel eBook by Amanda White.
I hope you’re not expecting some professional workout video with this… I’m just a mom (who is a group fitness instructor and has a personal training certificate, so rest assured I do know what I’m doing) – but just a mom making video clips that are 10 seconds or less in random rooms of my house. I think I got most of the uninvited surprises edited out – the toddler cameos, the random toys being chucked into view, etc… It was a fun family event for sure! 🙂
As a former teacher, this is extra exciting for me because of my experience with kinesthetic learning. Some people just need to put movement with thoughts in order to remember things. We’ll be connecting movement to one of the most important stories to remember – Jesus’ birth! Just imagining children telling and retelling the story as they go through the exercises each day makes my heart smile!
There aren’t specific numbers of sets or reps for this “workout.” Just use the moves to connect to the story and repeat until tired or you (they) lose interest. It will be a great review to start at Day 1 each time and add on the new move each morning, talking them through the main points again as they move their bodies.
If you ever have any questions, just let me know. This Active Advent experience is meant to be simple, fun, and hopefully effective (in both remembering the Christmas story and getting a little exercise!)
I’ll also be posting the videos on the Everyday Faith and Fitness Facebook and Instagram (EverydayFaithandFitness) pages with the hashtags #truthinthetinsel and #activeadvent. I’d love to see your photos and videos getting into the action as well! Let’s have some fun!
Merry Christmas!
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