Instructor: Margaret Askelsen
Community: Grades 6-8, School Setting, 30 minutes
Plan Creation Date: February 20, 2015
Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding
Lesson Plan:
Calm
- Belly Breathing….PG.63
- Strong Voice…Quiet music….10 MINUTES….Questions asked..p. 23 Yoga Calm book
- Roots…PG. 85
- Mountain
- Tree/Back to Mountain
- Pulse Count
Activate
- Cat/Cow…pg. 68 – Go to table…on knees and hands
- Child’s Pose…pg. 70
- Downward Dog…pg. 74 – Bring feet forward
- Woodchopper…pg. 100
- Forward Bend – feet back to plank
- Plank
- Superman..pg. 89 – To table….on knees and hands
- Cat/Cow – repeat…pg. 68
- Child’s Pose – repeat..pg. 70
- Downward Dog – repeat…pg.74 – Bring feet forward….turn to side/ take feet wide apart 3 to 4 feet..toes straight ahead
- Star…pg. 88…think of what you can share with the world and shine it out like the sun – Turn right leg back/ left leg forward/ arms up high
- Warrior 1…pg.98….”send lasers from your belly to your finger tips “
Change legs and repeat Warrior 1 on other side - Warrior 2…pg. 99…back hand represents past and front hand represents future…..place stone in back hand as a reminder of a person who was always with them and always will be….ask them to bring stone to front hand and ask how past experiences will help them in the future
- Warrior 2 – Repeat Warrior 2 on other side
- Star, repeat..pg. 88
- Triangle..pg. 94….Repeat on other side – Come to front of mat
- Mountain
- Woodchopper
Calm
- Table Pose – Come to table…knees and hands on floor
- Child’s Pose
- Twist…pg. 95…To back, both sides