OBJECTIVES
To practice yoga as a way to learn about and connect to animals, people, and places around the Earth, plus the importance of caring for one another.
MATERIALS
- Music player and prepared music
- Earth ball
- Whiteboard or paper and marker
- Balloons & marbles
- Pictures of landmarks (optional)
DISCUSSION POINTS
We are all interdependent and beautiful. Everything in life is important and we have to take care of it, and ourselves. Traveling is fun, we are so similar yet different.
CONNECTING CIRCLE
The environment includes people, animals, plants, the planet Earth, and the atmosphere, are living things. The environment changes from one place to the next. All living things are connected and interdependent. People speak different languages, have different cultures, and look different. They also are very similar to us, play similar games, laugh and love like we do. Bridge of Diamonds
Electric Circle – Feel the energy around us. Play Hello to All the Children of the World by Wee Sing Musical. Bridge of Diamonds, Musical Musings
POSES AS PATHWAYS/INTEGRATE THE ELEMENTS
Hot Air Balloon – Let’s travel in hot air balloon around the world!
Eyes Around the Clock – Let’s visit Big Ben in London, England. Clocks helps us mark the time of day. There are 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in one hour and 60 seconds in one minute. Math Medley
Bridge – Let’s visit the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.Do you know the saying “building bridges?” What do you think it means? It means to connect people and cultures together, to be happy together. Bridges are very special, so please build as many bridges as you can. Laughing Language, Bridge of Diamonds
Row Your Boat – Let’s take a gondola like they do in Venice, Italy. Let’s sing Row Your Boat too! Musical Musings
Dromedary Delight – Where do you think you can see camels? They have them in the deserts of Turkey. Camels avoid trotting and galloping to save water and energy. Ecological Echoes
Wheel – The Wheel pose can also look like an igloo. We can find igloos in northern Canada. It is actually warm inside of an igloo because our body heat heats it up. Outside temperature is about -45 °C but inside the igloo it ranges from -7 °C to 16 °C when warmed by body heat alone. Our body heat is 36.8 °C. Awesome Anatomy, Ecological Echoes
Mountain – Let’s stand tall like a mountain — or like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France or the Tokyo Tower in Japan, the Eiffel Tower is a broadcasting tower. Broadcasting towers are the reason we can listen to the radio and watch television. Poses as Pathways
Volcano – Let’s be the Mount Vesuvius volcano in Italy. Dormant volcanoes, like Mt Fuji, are not active. We can help our anger become dormant by doing the volcano. Ecological Echoes, Body Benefits
Happy Birthday Candle Series – When we do this pose, we can look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa Italy). It took about 177 years to build the Tower of Pisa. They started building it in 1173. What year did they finish it? 177 + 1173 = ? (Add it together) 2. It’s leaning southeast due to poorly laid foundation. Math Medley, Poses as Pathways
Lightning Bolt – Let’s do this pose and become the Sears Tower in Chicago. Lightning has electricity that can turn someone into a fried potato. Because this building is so high, the antennas are put to attract lightning and help save people’s lives. Poses as Pathways
Polar Bear – Let’s visit China to see the Giant Panda. The Giant Panda is an endangered animal, which means that they are in danger of becoming extinct, no more pandas. Therefore, zoologists keep them in captivity to take care of them and protect them. Ecological Echoes
Throw and Grab – Let’s learn about the Jumping Beans of Mexico! Put a Marble into a balloon as you explain. The jumping bean is a moth called brincadores in Mexico. The moth lays an egg inside of the seed of the Sebastiania bilocularis shrub. The larva jumps, making the seed jump. Then they hatch out of the seed through a hole as a moth. We All Win, Ecological Echoes
Dancer – Let’s be as graceful as the Statue of Liberty in New York City. This was a gift from France to the USA in 1886. How many years ago was that? 2007-1886 = ? Write on paper or whiteboard. Math Medley
Down Diggety Doggie Down – In this pose, we can look like the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. What shape is the pyramid? It is one of the 7 world wonders, and there is so much mystery that Egyptologist work hard to learn more about it. Math Medley, Poses as Pathways
R is for Roar – Let’s visit the lions of the Serengeti. This pose is especially helpful in the winter and for colds. It helps to clean inside of your body of excess mucus. It can even help remedy bad breath! Body Benefits
S is for Snake and Snake Charmer – Let’s visit the snake charmers of India. What letter does snake start with? Can you describe snakes using that same letter? Laughing Language
QUIET QUESTS
Magic Cloud Carpet Ride
Namaste Song