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SPARKLE UP YOUR CLASSES AND CREATE SOME FUN WITH THE KIDS
Our top tips for your children's yoga classes are here . . .

Word breathing

13/1/2021

 
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This is an activity that I have been inspired to share comes from a new deck of cards by School Based Educators which have been created by Jodi Komitor of Next Generation Yoga. The benefits are that it calms the nervous system, makes learning and spelling fun, improves memory and our kinaesthetic learners will love it! 

Materials required – Large piece of paper / marker pen / white board

How to facilitate it:  
  • Show an example of how to do this initially.  Begin by slowly writing a simple and familiar word on a piece of paper or white board alternatively.  
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  • Ask the students to alternate between breathing in and breathing out as they follow each marker stroke.  For example when writing the word ‘LOVE’ the ‘L’ we take a breath in as we draw the first stroke down and then a breath out as we draw the stroke at the bottom to create the bottom of the letter.  See the photo to understand more clearly.
 
  • Why not try it with a few different words and then ask them to challenge themselves by trying to write their first name using this technique!  It is guaranteed to create a quiet and calm environment for a while as least ☺. 
 
  • Have fun and enjoy at home or with your students at school.
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    Author

    Karen Wightman is the founder of Creative Yogis. She is an experienced, local and international children’s yoga instructor, yoga teacher trainer, and children’s art teacher. 

    She currently facilitates teacher trainings and workshops in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Taiwan.

    She has 15 years experience teaching yoga to children of all ages, from pre-school to high school, and 
    has been a children’s art teacher for 30 years.

    Karen is passionate about offering a variety of unique educational yoga resources to stimulate the imagination and capture the hearts of children.

    ​She has illustrated and published children's yoga colouring ebooks in English and Japanese. A free sample is available here.

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