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Mindful Yoga Introduction

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This Mindful Yoga Introduction lesson plan also includes:

Middle schoolers apply what they learned in the previous lesson about mindful yoga to design a project to help a teen cope with a stressful situation in a healthy way. Groups role play explaining the benefits of their approach and demonstrate breathing exercises and/or Yoga poses the might help.

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Concepts
social-emotional learning, yoga, stress management, healthy habits, healthy eating, mindfulness, emotional development, emotions, identifying emotions, breathing
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Instructional Ideas
  • Divide the class into three groups, assigning each a different scenario
  • Subdivide the groups so that class members can compare the two projects developed for the same scenario
Classroom Considerations
  • The seventh resource in Health Smart Unit 1
  • The Unit 1 Overview linked in the Included Materials section of this review provides additional activities and exercises 
  • The lessons are cumulative and designed to be presented in order
Pros
  • The packet includes a detailed rubric for the project
Cons
  • None