Yoga Calm for Children by Lynea Gillen

Author:Lynea Gillen [Gillen, Lynea; Gillen, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9799289-6-3
Publisher: Three Pebble Press, LLC
Published: 2011-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

VARIATIONS & INTEGRATION

Use this activity to prepare for Boat (p. 65): Without touching your feet to the floor, roll up to sitting bones and balance.

Circles: Take knees out to the sides as you roll in a circle on your back. Imagine hugging a huge beach ball as you roll.

As a calming activity, grasp knees and move them in small circles. This massages the low back, hips, and sacrum and stimulates a relaxation response.

Use in lesson plan on anatomy and the skeletal system.

NOTES

Children with decreased discrimination of vestibular and proprioceptive information often exhibit poor posture, frequent falling, clumsiness, poor balance, constant moving and fidgeting, and poor attention. Treatment options like rolling provide vestibular and proprioceptive information and improve postural responses.

Using a yoga mat or padding and going slowly are important in this exercise to protect the bones of the back.

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