Instructor: Kay Koerber
Community: Grades K-5, School Setting
Plan Creation Date: January 1, 2016
Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness
Lesson Plan:
Calm
- Belly Breathing – Hoberman Breathing with student leader and counter
- Bell – Eyes Closed sit in stillness for one Minute – Using Bell
- Discussion – Ask students when it is important to calm themselves.
Activate
- Mountain
- Up Mt
- Forward Fold
- Up Mt
- Tree Right/Left
- Forward Fold
- Downward Dog
- Child’s Pose
- Social Emotional Activity:
- Mirroring – This activity is done in pairs and is an opportunity to practice sensing and turning in to oneself and another person as a yoga activity. The children work with partners and stand or sit facing one another. Instruct the children to place their hands 2 inches apart without touching. Practice being a mirror to one another’s movements.
Calm
- Seated Chair twist
- Relaxation – Mindful Moment – Stillness