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Life will go on as long as there is someone to sing, to dance, to tell stories and to listen. — Oren Lyons |
Simply put, a yoga adventure story takes a number of thematically linked poses or asanas and situates them in a setting while linking them together with a narrative.
Furthermore, stories allow for a fluid yoga experience, with poses leading naturally one to another, linked thematically, always with room for personal adaptation, addition, or deletion. This gives the teacher the latitude to adjust the story according to the participants ages, needs, interests, learning styles, energy levels, etc.
Some themes which I have developed into yoga adventure stories include:
the setting allows kids to visualize yoga
- African Safari
- Amazon Adventures
- Crawling & Flying
- Day at the Beach
- Family Time
- Farmyard Fun
- Garden Delights
- Man on the Moon
- Mountian Magic
- The Pet Store
- Sailing, Sailing
- Tour of India
- Trip Down the Nile
What themes can you think of?
Next time you are considering a yoga class for kids try to group your poses into a yoga adventure story and see where in the world it will lead you.
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I find kids love animal themes like a zoo and jungle and the younger kids seem to love Dinosaur themes.
But my favorite themes are to tell an old story like The Story of the Wish Fulfilling Tree or one of the stories in the book Zen Shorts and do yoga poses that go with the story.
Themes are SO much fun for the younger kids. And like you said, even older kids and adults enjoy the change of pace and opportunity to live a story! Some other theme ideas – • Picnic in the Park • Bugs Bugs Everywhere • Fairies in the Forest • Hannah Montana • Wheels on the Bus • Hawaiian Luau • Teddy Bear Friends • Pajama Yoga • Webkinz • Spa Girls • My American Girl Doll & Me
Love it! THanks!
You really will have to share some lesson plans on those themes. The Webkinz one would be a huge hit with my Kindergarten daughter. Love it!