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…
Instructor: Laura Barbour Class: Grades 3-4, Classroom or Small Group Plan Creation Date: April 24, 2009 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Strength Lesson Plan: Center Pinwheel Breath: Practice Belly Breathing with Hoberman Sphere, inhaling and exhaling slowly. Now, with a small pinwheel in your hand, purse lips as if whistling and blow your breath out to spin the pinwheel. See how slowly…
Instructor: Chris Schirber Plan Creation Date: 1/6/10 Community: 5th Grade Class Principle 4: Strength Beginning Relaxation (few mins): Tension relaxation exercise. See the difference between tension (strength) and relaxation. See that use of one leads to the other. I am grateful for my strength. May I use my strength for the benefit of all. Postures: Mountain:…
Instructor: Chris Schirber Plan Creation Date: 1/6/10 Community: 5th Grade Class Principle 5: Community Beginning Relaxation (few mins): Volcano Breath, in which students silently draw in a sense of support from their community with the in breath and send out positive messages to others in their classroom with the out breath. Postures (10-15 minutes): Activate/Relax Walk: Respect each other’s…
Instructor: Wendy Handrich Plan Creation Date: July 21, 2010 Community: Classroom, Ages 8-12 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Stillness 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 Quiet Book by Deborah…
Instructor: Wendy Handrich Plan Creation Date: July 29, 2010 Community: Classroom, Ages 9-12 Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening 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…