I project this on the board during our "practice" and play quiet music |
After lunch, my kids wait out in the hall with their lunch supervisor until they hear me begin to play music. Then, they know that they can silently walk in and either find a place on the carpet for yoga or put their heads down and take a few relaxing minutes at their seat. (We are still practicing entering quietly this year...) We then start going through our yoga "flows." I practice vinyasa yoga, so that's basically what I do with the kids. I taught them a series of 2 poses at the beginning of the year, and we have added on a little bit. By the end of last year, the kids were doing a series of about 10 poses! They loved it. We will build to that again this year. :)
If you aren't familiar with yoga, watch a youtube video of the Sun Salutation; that's basically what I'm doing with my kids. Here are the poses we will "flow through":
- Standing, hands at heart center
- Forward fold
- Hop back to plank
- Lower plank to floor; push up into cobra pose
- Push back into downward dog
- Step forward into Warrior 1
- Open to Warrior 2
- Hands back to the floor for plank
- Repeat on other side
We also end with tree pose usually--the kids' favorite. This is also a great opportunity to talk about trying your best, and how if you fall out of the pose, just try it again. Great life lessons from yoga!
The whole thing takes literally less than 5 minutes. It was seamless with my class last year, and I feel like it was so beneficial. While my new class is not quite there yet, we will get there!
That is cool. I really need to get back to yoga.
ReplyDeleteI just started back with yoga too. I found my favorite teacher again!
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