Instructor: Renee Carrillo
Community: ???
Plan Creation Date: August 26, 2012
Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding
Lesson Plan:
Calm
- Belly Breathing – (Lying down) – Imagine roots growing from your body down
into the earth, keeping you supported and strong.
Activate
- Leg Extensions – New growth pushing at the earth and reaching for the sunlight and seeking fresh oxygen
- Rock and Roll to Standing – Seedling emerging out of the earth
- Mountain/Crescent Moon – Reaching in all directions for nourishment
- Star – Becoming strong & stable, R foot points out reach R, transition to…
- Triangle – Dipping roots into the earth for more food, Repeat other side
- Eagle – Holding the pose/reaching out and taking flight
- Partner Pull – Sharing strength with others to stay on your feet
- Tree Challenge – Having confidence in yourself
- Downward Dog
- Plank/Side Plank – Creating strength in our core allows us to take on challenges
- Child – Rejuvenation
- Plank/Side Plank – Repeat other side
- Child
- Twist – Healthy digestive system
Calm
- Belly Breathing – feeling the heart beat from the roots to the top of the tree
- Relaxation – Bring awareness to your toes, picture strong roots pushing through the ground, stretching out and reaching for nourishment. Sense the energy moving up from the toes to the ankles as the bones are getting stronger. Feel the energy move through the shins. And as the energy travels through the legs, around the knee caps, sending more nourishment up through the thighs and into the hips, notice how your body is becoming stronger. Now bring the awareness to your core, picture thousands of red blood cells moving throughout the veins. Listen to the beat and feel the movement as the heart and lungs transfer blood and oxygen throughout the body, bringing fresh oxygen into your body as you inhale. Watch the energy move up the body, through the throat, up the neck and into the face, around the cheeks and into the top of your head, creating a strong, stable, sturdy human being.
- Hands to Heart Center
- Heart – Compassion
- Mouth– Kind Words
- Forehead – Positive Thoughts