Instructor: Laura Barbour Class: Grades 2-3, Classroom or Small Group Plan Creation Date: April 28, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community Lesson Plan: Stillness Back Breathing: Working together in pairs, one student remains in Child pose while another student kneels alongside and places a hand on the first student’s low back. The student in Child pose breathes slowly into…
Instructor: Laura Barbour Class: Grades K-2 Classroom or Small Group Plan Creation Date: March 26, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening Lesson Plan: Story: The children will sit comfortably on the floor and listen as I read Each Breath a Smile based on teachings by Thich Nhat Hanh. [Excerpt: Listen to the wind. Listen to the birds. Listen to the crickets and the…
Instructor: Laura Barbour Class: Grades 4-5 Classroom, Prior to State Testing Plan Creation Date: March 26, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness Lesson Plan: Calm Chair 15 Belly Breathing with Hoberman Sphere: Place your hand on your belly and breathe into your belly. Feeling your belly fill and expand as you breathe in and empty and contract as…
Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 17, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community Lesson Plan: Center Volcano Breath – Sitting on the floor, placing palms together at the heart, practice volcano breath 5-10 times. Have several children lead the group and have the group provide compliments for each leader. Each time, have the children…
Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 16, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Strength Lesson Plan: Calm Trickster – Have the children lie on the floor and practice a breathing activity. Read the questions on the Trickster Archetype Worksheet, very slowly – and combine with a traditional trickster myth, like the story of Coyote. Have…
Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 15, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding Lesson Plan: Stillness Back Breathing – For student in Child pose, feel the ground under you, supporting you. Know that your friend is providing you with support as you breathe. Switch roles. Listening Pulse Count – Find your pulse and listen…
Instructor: Chris Schirber Plan Creation Date: 1/6/10 Community: 5th Grade Class Principle 5: Community Beginning Relaxation (few mins): Volcano Breath, in which students silently draw in a sense of support from their community with the in breath and send out positive messages to others in their classroom with the out breath. Postures (10-15 minutes): Activate/Relax Walk: Respect each other’s…
Instructor: Wendy Handrich Plan Creation Date: July 21, 2010 Community: Classroom, Ages 8-12 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness Calm Belly Breathing using Hoberman sphere for ten breaths with one student using the Hoberman and another student counting off the selected number of breaths. Compliments Pulse Count and/or Stillness for 15 seconds Read Aloud: The Quiet Book by Deborah…
Instructor: Wendy Handrich Plan Creation Date: July 29, 2010 Community: Classroom, Ages 9-12 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening Calm Belly Breathing using Hoberman sphere for ten breaths with one student using the Hoberman and another student counting off the selected number of breaths. Compliments to the counter and the Homerman Leader Pulse Count/ Stillness for 15 seconds…
Instructor: Chris Schirber Plan Creation Date: 1/6/10 Community: 5th Grade Class Principle 2: Listening Beginning Relaxation (3-5 mins): Listen to the sounds around you. Going from the most obvious to the subtler. Finally listen to silence itself and see how it brings you to a relaxed centered state. Maintain this state of inner silence as we move into the…