May 26, 2015 0 Comments

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Instructor: Andrea Witherspoon

Community: Ages?, Friends and Family Group, Setting?, 30 minutes

Plan Creation Date: May 2, 2015

Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness

Props: breathing ball, Talk Peace, cotton balls, essential oil, balls, mindful moment cards, posters

Lesson Plan:

Calm

  • Welcome and overview of ground rules
  • Introductions/Name Toss Game
  • Belly Breathing – (breathing ball) – Have children decide number of breaths (5-10) and give opportunity for someone to count.
  • Child’s Pose
  • Mindful Moment Card – while in Child Pose – “Picture a clear mountain lake on a sunny day. You are sitting beside it with a friend. There’s not a ripple in the lake. What do you see? What do you hear?”
  • Back Breathing – with opportunity for children to share how they felt during activity.

Activate

  • Trust Walk
  • Flow from Mat 20 – Go through once first to teach. Then 2 times with teacher. Then give opportunity for child to lead poses while teacher cues.:
    • Mountain – Spread your toes, press feet into ground, feel strength and stability of your mountain, lift belly, head and heart. Arms are back and down. Look straight ahead.
    • Upward Mountain – Activate your arms and upper body. Imagine laser beams coming out of the tips of your fingers.
    • Forward Bend – Bend forward. Touch the floor with your fingers. If your fingers don’t reach, bend your knees. Breathe into your back. Relax into your breath.
    • Bent Knee Lunge – Activate your arms and lengthen your tailbone. Engage your belly. Illuminate your upper body and ground your foot/knee into the mat.
    • Downward Dog – Press the four corners of your hands into the mat. Spread your toes. Lift your hips toward the back wall.
    • Plank – Think of someone you are strong for here. Engage your belly muscles and lengthen your tailbone.
    • Cobra – Lift your upper chest. Instead of pushing, pull your heart forward and keep shoulders back and down. Spread your fingers, you can lift your hands.
    • Downward Dog – Press the four corners of your hands into the mat. Spread your toes.
    • Bent Knee Lunge – Activate your arms and lengthen your tailbone. Engage your belly.
    • Forward Bend – Bend forward. Touch the floor with your fingers. If your fingers don’t reach, bend your knees. Breathe into your back. Relax into your breath.
    • Chair – Sit back into an imaginary chair. Wiggle your toes. Keep knees in alignment with your feet – hip width apart. Feel your strength here! Lift your belly, head, and heart and focus on your breath.
    • Upward Mountain – Breathe in, press feet down and lengthen/straighten your legs.
    • Mountain – Bring arms to your sides. Body is active and firmed toward your centerline. End of Mat 20.
    • Give compliments to leader.
  • Tree – activate your body, press standing leg down and root yourself like a tree to the earth. Pressing palms together can help with balance.

Calm

  • Twist
  • Calm Voice Activity – Where in your body do you find your calm voice? Is the voice high or low? Does the voice talk fast or slow? When you hear your calm voice, who does it sound like? What does it say? Are there places you go where you can hear your calm voice? When can a calm voice help you?
  • Volcano Breaths – Heart Thoughts on 5th breath.

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