yoga teacher plan for young children 2

Lesson Plan for Yoga with circle mats.

Move children into a circle with you as part of the circle.

Begin in Easy Sitting Pose.  Let children talk about their day so far and how they are feeling.

Simple breathing exercise through mouth or nose and mouth.

Encourage children to straighten their spine- pull head up with string and tie a bow.

Rest hands on knees. Breathe deeply for 3-5 minutes.

Do Baddha Konasana- Butterfly Pose

Hold feet with hands lean forward chest toward feet, wave legs up and down.

Do Tadasana- Mountian Pose.

Vrksasana- Tree Pose; balancing on one foot on inner thigh or as high up as they can go, raise arms overhead or out to side.

Trikasana- triangle pose; can sing “I’m a little teapot”

(gentle music playing throughout this lesson).

Marjaryasana- Cat Pose

Down into Cobra Pose

Up into Downward Dog pose

Bring each foot forward and into slight back bend backwards.

Down into Froggie Pose.

And Forward stretch.

End lying on front or back with Shavasana- Corpse or ‘Do Nothing’ pose

Speak to relax their minds.  Feel their tummy moving up and down- pretend a boat on it, moving up and down on waves. Tense face then relax and move down entire body doing the same, close eyes.

Wait for teacher to come around and gentle roll student to one side. Gently use a feather to wake with a gently waving on ear, shoulder and pull up like on a piece of string to kneeling then sitting. 

Say Yoga verse: All of God’s beautiful treasures am I

Second verse: 

I am a mountain

I am a tree.

I am the ocean, as wide as can be.

I am a hill on the earth so strong.

I am a river that flows along.

I am a rainbow, up in the sky.

All of the (god’s) or earth’s treasures am I.

 

In sitting position say, “Namasta”. Hold palms of hands together, bring down to centre – heart centre at the same time.

Baddha Konasana: Bound Angle Pose

(poem: Gowan S. The Children’s book of Shanti Yoga, 2006).
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