Yoga Calm: Ages 5-12, School Setting, Grounding Lesson Plan (Berg)

Instructor: Katie Berg

Community: Ages 5-12, School Setting, 45 minutes

Plan Creation Date: September 18, 2016

Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Grounding

Lesson Plan:

Calm

Chime – ring chime, ask students to give me a thumbs up when they don’t hear the chime anymore  .
Student Chime – have a student ring chime and rest of students give thumbs up when they can’t hear it anymore  .
Compliments – students give person ringing chime 3 compliments  .
Belly Breathing – with Hoberman Sphere- While sitting, students will put their hands on their bellies, breathe into their belly so their hands go up and down with break like waves in the ocean  . Student Leader with Hoberman  .
Compliments

Activate

Volcano Breath – feet hip width part, palms at heart, slowly breath through nose while bringing the arms up, when arms are up pause breath, then exhale and slowly “explode volcano” (Send heart thoughts)  *Cat/Cow- on all fours, breath out while rounding the back like a cat, breath in dropping belly like a cow  *Downward Dog- while in this pose, lift legs, then walk to forward bend.
Forward Bend – touch floor with fingers breath into back.
Mountain – activate.
Roots – sway back and forth  *Tree- root yourself like a tree to earth, grow branches, sway, switch feet.
Tree Challenge II – partner up, push hands together, switch sides.
Tree Circle – push into hands for support, switch sides.
Woodchopper – chop wood say “HA”.

Calm

Mindful Snack – CREATED WITH LOVE by Greek-American founder Leo Stefanos, DOVE® Chocolate has been a rich family tradition since the 1950s. Witnessing his son racing down the street after an ice cream truck, the Chicago candy store owner developed the DOVEBAR® out of concern for his children’s safety. Hand-dipping ice cream in premium chocolate, Leo took months to refine the recipe, naming the new treat after his south side candy shop, a moniker chosen for its “peaceful” quality. Those first rich, creamy DOVEBAR® were an instant success, but it wasn’t until Leo’s son grew up and followed in his father’s footsteps that DOVE® Chocolate became known from coast to coast. By the late ’70s over one million DOVEBAR® were sold in a single year by street vendors to eager children and adults. The DOVEBAR® popularity soon caught the attention of another family of expert chocolatiers. M&M/Mars acquired DOVE® in 1986 as the crown jewel of their company, and refined DOVE®Chocolate’s purity and taste before introducing milk and dark chocolate bars in the ’90s.  And Strawberries.

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