Instructor: Anne Geuss
Community: 6 – 8 year olds, community center class
Plan Creation Date: May 27, 2013
Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community
Lesson Plan:
Calm
- Volcano Breaths – Three Volcano Breathes sending heart thoughts to people we love or care for
Activate
- Yoga Calm Chair 15 – asking for students to help put chairs away afterwards
- Tree and Changing Tree – having different students lead
- Tree Circle – using everyone’s strength and focus for support. Add distractions (wolves, owls)
- Tree Challenge – with partner
- Partner Pull/Shoulder Clock – Switching partners for Partner Pull, switch partners again for Shoulder Clock
- Trust Walk activity – with yet another partner
Calm
- Community Circle – practicing compliment giving, listening to one another and saying “thank you”
- Back Drawing – Sitting in a train circle Back Drawing, ending with drawing a present for your friend
- Relaxation – Laying on their backs guiding them through a story about a big party where all their friends and family members are there to celebrate and have a good time together