Instructor: Andrea Keeley
Community: Grades 1-6, 60 minutes
Plan Creation Date: March 1, 2015
Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community
Lesson Plan:
Intro
- Yoga Calm Guidelines
- Class Rules/Expectations
- Review of Basic Yoga Techniques
Calm
- Belly Breathing – with Hoberman Sphere (seated on floor). One volunteer operates the sphere. One volunteer counts breaths. Operates chooses between 5-10 breaths. 2-3 compliments for both operator and counter.
- Community Circle – Fill out page individually. Share answers with the group.
Activate
- Physical Warm-ups/Stretches:
- Cat (back like a rainbow)
- Cow (back like a bowl)
- Table with stretching/wiggling (back and forth, circles, figure 8’s, draw the alphabet)
- Downward Dog with leg stretches (remember hands like bear paws)
- Child’s Pose with arm reaches
- Pose Flow (each leg once or twice):
- Start in Upward Mountain (laser beams to the sky)
- Swan dive to Forward Bend
- Hands back to knees for Halfway Fold
- Back to Forward Bend (rag doll)
- Move to Bent Knee Lunge (right leg forward) with arms reaching to the sky
- Hands down and legs back to Downward Dog, peddling like a bike if needed
- Kick right leg back and forward to Bent Knee Lunge (same leg) with arms reaching to the sky shooting lasers out of your middle fingers
- Rise up to Warrior I
- Rotate to Warrior II (fingers reaching to front and back of the room)
- Reach back to the mat and move into Bent Knee Lunge (same leg) with arms up
- Hands down and legs back to Downward Dog (gaze between the legs)
- Relax in your version of Child’s Pose
- Trust Walk – Pick half the group to be leaders of the others around the room. Leaders then become followers. Have discussion on being leaders and followers – preferences, what if everyone wanted to be a leader or follower, etc.
Calm
- Final Stretches:
- Rock and Roll
- Twist
- Happy Baby
- Child’s Pose
- Relaxation – Guided Relaxation/Savasana – A Complete Meal (pg. 86 of Relax book).