Instructor: Theresa Mare Community: Preschool: Head Start and Special Education Plan Creation Date: May 12, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding Lesson Plan: Calm Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet firmly planted on your mat. As you belly breathe, close your eyes and think about the tallest tree you have ever seen. Now, imagine what the…
Instructor: Julie Wiesner Community: Counseling Group Plan Creation Date: April 18, 2011 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community Lesson Plan: Before class begins, play a game of mat tag together. Calm Belly breathing (lying down) Pulse count (whisper your number to a neighbor) Leg extensions (draw a sunny sky to share with your friends, paint a picture of a game…
Instructor: Theresa Mare Community: Preschool: Head Start and Special Education Plan Creation Date: April 7, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community Lesson Plan: Calm Hoberman: Seated belly breathing (10 counts) with pulse count. Ear to shoulder both sides (2x), Twist – turn head to look over shoulder both sides (2x), Shrug shoulders (3x), Crescent Moon seated -arms over head stretch…
Instructor: Theresa Mare Community: Preschool: Head Start and Special Education Plan Creation Date: April 14, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Strength Lesson Plan: Stillness Hoberman seated (5x): Now, close your eyes and continue to breathe in and out of your nose. Listening: Pay attention to your breath and feel how the strength of your muscles helps you to sit up…
Instructor: Bijoli Biswas Class: Morning Focus Group, 1 Hour and 15 Minutes Community: Grade 5 Plan Creation Date: April 15, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community Lesson Plan: Calm • Volcano Breath: Place hands together at your heart, take a slow deep breath and pause when the lungs are full, hold the pause as arms float up, exhale slowly and explode the…
Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 13, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness Lesson Plan: Calm Belly Breathing – With the breathing bear for 10 breaths. Close your eyes and feel the stillness within your body, imagine you are a hibernating bear. Pulse Count – Find your pulse and listen to the beating…
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: 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 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: 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…