Instructor: Wendy Handrich Plan Creation Date: July 22, 2010 Community: Classroom, Ages 9-12 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community 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 Snail and the Whale…
Instructor: Bijoli Biswas Class: Morning Focus Group, 30 Minutes Community: Mixed ages, Grades K-5 Plan Creation Date: April 15, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening Lesson Plan: Calm • Hoberman Breathing: Have a student demonstrate deep breathing while expanding and contracting the Hoberman Sphere as the class follows. • Back Breathing with Child’s Pose: One student takes Child pose while another…
Instructor: Jeff Albin Plan Creation Date: February 2, 2009 Community: Classroom, Grades K-1 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness & Strength Introduction: Intro: names I tell class that their teacher has given me permission to come in once a week to do yoga. I tell the class that the first two things we are going to work on…
Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 14, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening Lesson Plan: Center Pinwheel Breath – Practice breath control. Listen to the sound of the air as it leaves your mouth and spins the pinwheel. Pulse Count – Find your pulse and listen to your heart beat. Activate Forward Bend –…
Instructor: Jeff Albin Plan Creation Date: February 10, 2009 Community: Classroom, Grades 4-5 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening with stillness sub-theme Activity Instructional Notes Begin w/ standard Pulse Breath Sequence Students in Mountain Pose Intro Remarks: I explain that when I do yoga at home it is a quiet practice. I further explain that the only reason I speak is to…
Instructor: Laura Barbour Class: Grades 3-5, Classroom or Small Group Plan Creation Date: April 8, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding Lesson Plan: Mat 20 Stillness Belly Breathing: Lying on your back, stretch your legs out in front of you and your arms along your side. Place your hand on your belly and breathe into your belly. Feeling your belly fill…
Instructor: Jeff Albin Plan Creation Date: February 2, 2009 Community: Classroom, Grades 3-4 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding Stillness: Mountain pose with hands at heart center. You are an ancient mountain anchored deep in the earth. Your breath moves like the pulse and heartbeat of the earth. Long deep and slow like someone sleeping. There is no…
Instructor: Laura Barbour Class: Grades 3-4, Classroom or Small Group Plan Creation Date: April 24, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Strength Lesson Plan: Center Pinwheel Breath: Practice Belly Breathing with Hoberman Sphere, inhaling and exhaling slowly. Now, with a small pinwheel in your hand, purse lips as if whistling and blow your breath out to spin the pinwheel. See how slowly…
Instructor: Jeff Albin Plan Creation Date: February 2, 2009 Community: Classroom, Grades 5-6 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community Introduction: Calm: Class seated on knees or cross legged. Pulse Count. Check numbers. Hoberman sphere breathing x10. Repeat pulse count. Ask for changes. Warmup: Rock x5 slowing down a little each time until you are lying flat on…
Instructor: Bijoli Biswas Class: Morning Focus Group, 30-40 Minutes Community: Mixed ages, Grades K-5 Plan Creation Date: April 15, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness Lesson Plan: Calm • Belly Breathing: Lying on backs, breathe into belly, focus on breath, eyes closed to calm and prepare for class. Focus your attention on how completely still your body can be except…