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

Instructor: Katie Berg

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

Plan Creation Date: November 3, 2016

Yoga Calm Principle/Lesson Goal: Listening

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
Back Breathing – one student takes child’s pose, other student breathes slowly into the low back and into the partner’s hands  .
Seated Pulse Count

Activate

Child’s Pose – extend arms out in from of you, bring bottom to feet.
Twist – keep shoulders on mat, swing knees to one side.
Back Breathing – with partner.
Shoulder Clock – with partner lift arms straight up and place palms together move like clock.
Partner Pull – hold each others’ wrist, pull back.
Archetype Game – spread out in squatting position, grow into statue, move the way statue would.

Calm

Yoga Calm