Elementary Ages, Yoga Studio Setting, Strength Lesson Plan (Pufall)

Instructor: Rachel Pufall

Community: Elementary Ages, Yoga Studio Setting, 60 minutes

Plan Creation Date: October 1, 2015

Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Strength

Lesson Plan:

Calm

• Intro – Review classroom expectations. Have each student read one out loud.
• Four Corners of Hands ○ Spread fingers. Trace a square around the hand. ○ In downward dog and plank press down through fingertips and the palm knuckles.
• Mat 20
  • Belly Breathing – with Ball
  • Pulse Count
  • Leg Stretch ­ – Both legs

Activate

• Mat 20
  • Rock and Roll­ – go slow and feel each vertebrae as you roll.
  • Boat
  • Volcano Breath
  • Mountain
  • Upward Mountain
  • Forward Bend
  • Bent Knee Lunge (Right Leg Back)
  • Downward Dog ­ – Hands
  • Plank­ – Hands
  • Cobra
  • Downward Dog
  • Bent Knee Lunge (Right Leg Front)
  • Forward Bend
  • Chair
  • Upward Mountain
  • Mountain
  • Tree
  • Block Creek ­ – use book to read directions

Calm

• Twist
• Relaxation