Instructor: Lora Schultz
Community: Grades 5-8, Setting?, 30-40minutes
Plan Creation Date: January 2, 2015
Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Strength
Lesson Plan:
Check-in
- Yoga calm guidelines
- Principle written on board, ask kids why important
- Use star wars cards – pick who feel most like now
Calm
- Belly Breathing – with Hoberman sphere- ask kids between 5-10 breaths, volunteers
- Compliments
Activate
- Star – develops sense of personal power, activate your inner super hero, (stand tall) spread fingers like rays of sun
- Wood Chopper – also pretend Jedi with light saber
- Warrior Challenge (Jedi) – how long can hold it, 30 more beats of drum (positive self talk)
- Compliments
- Activate/ Relax Walk with star wars twist:
- Chewbacca
- Darth Vader
- C-3PO
- Bobafett
- Jabba the Hutt
- R2-D2
- Obi-wan Kenobi
- Yoda
(Check in at end to see how feel)
Calm
- Child’s Pose
- Relaxation Script – “Star Gazing” from Ready, Set, Relax
- Check out – any last comments, questions