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St. Judes Academy Nov. 23rd, After School Yoga

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Welcoming the Bell of Silence

Today, I introduced the kids to a special bell that I will be using in our classes.  The bell serves as a reminder for us to stop what we are doing and just close our eyes and connect with our breath.  We practiced our balloon breathing while using the bell.  The kids are learning to use their balloon breathing to help them settle their breaths after a sport or any other strenuous physical activity.

We transitioned into our Yoga poses, where everyone had a wonderful time playing Freeze and Move and selecting a pose performed by some of their favorite characters. They all loved the game and ended up challenging themselves with some new poses.

Suggested Activity:  I will be handing out Breathing Graphs to all of them tomorrow.  It is a fun visual way for kids to start learning and gaining breath awareness based on physical changes in the body.  Have fun with it and create a version of that graph for each of your family member(s) and observe, discuss and graph as a family.  Some of the questions you want to ask are how does your breath feel when  you are playing, or sitting, or balloon breathing.  Guide them with words such as short, long, cold, warm, fast, calm, and also help them observe how many breaths they end up taking in half a minute after different activities.  I am looking forward to introducing the graph to the kids tomorrow and guiding them with their observations.


Friday, October 4, 2013

FAMILY YOGA CLASS IS NOW FULL

THANK YOU TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND TODAY'S FAMILY YOGA CLASS.  AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE UNABLE TO JOIN US, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE FUTURE:)