Instructor: Susan Jepson-DeResta Community: Grades 4 & 5 Gutsy Girls/Guys Group Plan Creation Date: May 31, 2011 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding Lesson Plan: Calm Pulse Count: Find your pulse and then feel the rhythm of your heart. Picture beating a drum to the beat of your heart for 30 beats. Activate Child: Imagine a sturdy and smooth boulder. Relax…
Instructor: Susan Jepson-DeResta Community: Grades 4 & 5 Gutsy Girls/Guys Group Plan Creation Date: May 31, 2011 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness Lesson Plan: Calm Belly Breathing with Hoberman Sphere (student-led). Imagine expanding and opening your breath like a spring flower. Activate Volcano Breath: Imagine again your breath rising from your belly like a beautiful flower. Roots: Feeling all four corners…
Instructor: Susan Jepson-DeResta Community: Grades 4-5 Boys ADHD Group Plan Creation Date: May 31, 2011 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Strength Lesson Plan: Calm Belly Breathing with Hoberman sphere (student-led). Volcano Breath, setting intentions for focused practice today (student-led). Activate Child: Feel the weight of your body as you relax into the floor. Picture a boulder that goes deep into the…
Instructor: Julie Wiesner Community: Counseling Group Plan Creation Date: April 1, 2011 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness (Theme: The Sea) Lesson Plan: Decorate the mats with shells. Calm Belly breathing with Hoberman sphere, 10 breaths (student volunteer for 1 round of 5). Pulse count Mindful Moment (imagine you are lying in the sun on a dock near the ocean.…
Instructor: Wendy Handrich Plan Creation Date: July 22, 2010 Community: Classroom, Ages 8-12 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding Calm Read Aloud: Jungle Drums by Graeme Base Belly Breathing: Imagine you are Ngiri in the hot jungle. Lie on your back and breathe deeply from your belly. Feel your body melting into the jungle floor. Your legs root into the…
Instructor: Wendy Handrich Plan Creation Date: July 28, 2010 Community: Classroom, Ages 8-12 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Strength Calm Belly Breathing using Hoberman sphere for ten breaths with one student using the Hoberman and another student counting off the selected number of breaths. Compliments to the counter and the Homerman Leader Pulse Count/Stillness for 15 seconds Read…
Instructor: Wendy Handrich Plan Creation Date: July 22, 2010 Community: Classroom, Ages 9-12 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community Calm Belly Breathing using Hoberman sphere for ten breaths with one student using the Hoberman and another student counting off the selected number of breaths. Compliments Pulse Count and/or Stillness for 15 seconds Read Aloud: The Snail and the Whale…
Instructor: Jeff Albin Plan Creation Date: February 2, 2009 Community: Classroom, Grades K-1 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness & Strength Introduction: Intro: names I tell class that their teacher has given me permission to come in once a week to do yoga. I tell the class that the first two things we are going to work on…
Instructor: Jeff Albin Plan Creation Date: February 10, 2009 Community: Classroom, Grades 4-5 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening with stillness sub-theme Activity Instructional Notes Begin w/ standard Pulse Breath Sequence Students in Mountain Pose Intro Remarks: I explain that when I do yoga at home it is a quiet practice. I further explain that the only reason I speak is to…
Instructor: Laura Barbour Class: Grades 3-5, Classroom or Small Group Plan Creation Date: April 8, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding Lesson Plan: Mat 20 Stillness Belly Breathing: Lying on your back, stretch your legs out in front of you and your arms along your side. Place your hand on your belly and breathe into your belly. Feeling your belly fill…