Instructor: Talia Torrano
Community: 11 – 14 year olds, community mental health agency
Plan Creation Date: May 1, 2013
Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding
Lesson Plan:
Props/Music Resources required: CD, CD player, rope lights, Hoberman Sphere, worksheet for Warrior 2
Welcoming: Ground rules
Calm
- Belly Breathing – with breathing ball – Group member volunteer
- Compliments
- Lay on backs – find power center and heart – listening to both, grounding on the floor beneath body
- Discuss grounding, brainstorm images
Activate
- Mountain – grounding down as you exhale, using activation to become more grounded
- Activate/Relax Walk
- Sun Salutation – using breathing, expansion, and activation
- Modified Dancer
- Warrior 2 – past, present, future
Calm
- Past, present, future worksheet
- Relaxation – Progressive Relaxation, using grounding images