Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 13, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness Lesson Plan: Calm Belly Breathing – With the breathing bear for 10 breaths. Close your eyes and feel the stillness within your body, imagine you are a hibernating bear. Pulse Count – Find your pulse and listen to the beating…

Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 15, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding Lesson Plan: Stillness Back Breathing – For student in Child pose, feel the ground under you, supporting you. Know that your friend is providing you with support as you breathe. Switch roles. Listening Pulse Count – Find your pulse and listen…

Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 16, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Strength Lesson Plan: Calm Trickster – Have the children lie on the floor and practice a breathing activity. Read the questions on the Trickster Archetype Worksheet, very slowly – and combine with a traditional trickster myth, like the story of Coyote. Have…

Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 17, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community Lesson Plan: Center Volcano Breath – Sitting on the floor, placing palms together at the heart, practice volcano breath 5-10 times. Have several children lead the group and have the group provide compliments for each leader. Each time, have the children…

Instructor: Laura Barbour Class: Grades K-2 Classroom or Small Group Plan Creation Date: March 26, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening Lesson Plan: Story: The children will sit comfortably on the floor and listen as I read Each Breath a Smile based on teachings by Thich Nhat Hanh. [Excerpt: Listen to the wind. Listen to the birds. Listen to the crickets and the…

Instructor: Laura Barbour Class: Grades 2-3, Classroom or Small Group Plan Creation Date: April 28, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Community Lesson Plan: Stillness Back Breathing: Working together in pairs, one student remains in Child pose while another student kneels alongside and places a hand on the first student’s low back. The student in Child pose breathes slowly into…

Instructor: Bijoli Biswas Class: Morning Focus Group, 30 Minutes Community: Mixed ages, Grades K-5 Plan Creation Date: April 15, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening Lesson Plan: Calm • Hoberman Breathing: Have a student demonstrate deep breathing while expanding and contracting the Hoberman Sphere as the class follows. • Back Breathing with Child’s Pose: One student takes Child pose while another…

Instructor: Leah Shuyler Community: Grade 4 Classroom Plan Creation Date: April 14, 2010 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening Lesson Plan: Center Pinwheel Breath – Practice breath control. Listen to the sound of the air as it leaves your mouth and spins the pinwheel. Pulse Count – Find your pulse and listen to your heart beat. Activate Forward Bend –…

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…