Sit on the floor on a yoga mat or a well-carpeted area
Straighten your spine with legs straightened out
Bend both knees to form a winged butterfly pose
Bring your feet towards your pelvis as close as you can and join them, holding with your hands
Flap your angled legs like a butterfly, slowly
Stay in the pose for about 30 seconds in between.
Lay belly down on the mat
Begin to wiggle through hips
Either arm extended overhead or alongside hips
Practice inching forward without using hands and feet
Come to hands and knees on the mat in a table position
Walk hands forward until chest comes to the mat
Keep arms outstretched
Keep knees on the mat, lift ‘tail’ high
Can make funny puppy faces, and ‘wag tails’
Puppy Dog Pose is a nice setup and/or release from Down Dog Pose. It can be used to initiate the strength to create Down Dog Pose as well as provide a softening release from it. Similarly, it can be helpful in revving up energy for Down Dog Pose (especially in a group line of Down Dogs) and bringing that same energy back down.
Come to hands and knees on the mat in a table position
Move hands forward one handprint
Curl toes under
Lift hips to the sky
Breath work: Begin to pant with tongue hanging out, then close mouth keep the same ‘panting’ out the nose (Breath of Fire)
Down Dog Pose can be used to connect with others. Kids can take their Down Dog’s for a ‘walk’ moving off their mats and around the room, greeting other ‘Dogs’. Another option for Dog Pose in a group is to form a line of Down Dogs making a tunnel like opening beneath their bodies. One at a time, have a kid come onto their belly for Caterpillar and inch worm their way beneath the lifted Dog Poses.
Come to hands and knees on the mat to create a table position
Face soft to start
Draw hips back towards heels in a pre-pounce
Pounce forward on the mat, staying on hands and knees
“ROAR!” sticking tongue out and looking up towards the ceiling
Lion Pose is useful to teach kids to identify and manage their emotions. By linking sound and movement through the yogic practice, kids yoga poses such as Lion, create the teaching of healthy anger outlets and helps to limit emotional outbursts.
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