Mindful Poses

Its easy to get your kids excited, about fun poses can make them feel more happier and stronger.

Ask the student to settle at a quiet and familiar place they feel safe. Next, then try one of these:

1. The Superman: Ask students to run on the spot for a brief 10 seconds, then stand with your feet just wider than the hips, fists clenched, and arms reached out to the sky, stretching the body as tall as possible. Hold for a minute then try it again.
2. The Wonder Woman: stand tall with your feet just wider than hip-width apart and hands or fists placed on the hips. Try to raise your chest into the air and allow you head to rise as though it were attached to a rising helium balloon.
3. Body scan: sit in a chair with you back flat, or lie on the floor with your head and chin up, hands by your sides and feet extended. Feel the points of contact your body has with the surroundings. Without moving, gently feel your feet and bring awareness to their weight and position. Move up your body from feet to legs to hips to stomach to chest/back and arms, neck and head.
4. Tiny Feet: identify the goal to notice as many birds, bugs, creepy-crawlies, and any other unusual creatures or objects they can. Focus all of the senses to find them. Try to look at the tiny space as though you were as small as an ant. What would you see, where would you go.