Warrior Yoga Pose for Youngsters

Warrior poses that children LOVE

I’ve been within the youngsters yoga orbit for greater than a decade.

I can inform you one factor, warrior helps youngsters really feel highly effective.

Warrior poses will help youngsters take care of robust feelings, bear in mind their power, really feel grounded, and to take up house.

On this article, discover many cases of warrior poses from the content material I’ve produced, images of kids we’ve taught, and of academics demonstrating variations of the pose.

The whole lot you need to find out about warrior poses for youths, you will discover right here.

Warrior pose for social emotional studying (SEL)

Early in my profession, I’d do workshops for academics in colleges the place they have been looking for a a manner to assist youngsters transfer by way of feelings. As social emotional studying was changing into extra prevalent, my research confirmed me there was a whole lot of cross over between mindfulness, yoga, and SEL.

On the slide beneath, a mix of mantra (affirmation), respiratory type, and a yoga pose (warrior 2) {that a} youngster can do after they really feel able to recuperate from disappointment. Keep in mind, by no means cowl over a sense or skip over processing it, solely assist youngsters transfer on from the sensation as soon as they’re prepared so they do not get caught there. Let youngsters share how the train felt for them when they’re performed, and bear in mind, these actions are NOT a one dimension suits all. 

 Warrior 2 pose –

Mantra: “I’m courageous”

 

Reverse Warrior / Peaceable Warrior Warrior Pose for Youngsters

Mantra: “I’m peaceable”

Youngsters doing airplane pose / warrior 3

Right here you see youngsters testing their steadiness in airplane pose, a variation on warrior 3.

Warrior 1 Pose 

Mantra – “I really feel highly effective”

Facet angle lunge pose for youths

Mantra -“My coronary heart is open to vary”

Youngsters Doing the Facet Angle Lunge (a sister pose to warrior 2)

This photograph was taken throughout a free class we provided as a neighborhood service in the course of the COVID19 pandemic.

Warrior pose sequence for youths (and adults!)

Warrior 1 and Warrior 2 Pose Sequence

Warrior 1 to warrior 1 to warrior 3

**take your time, work in your steadiness, and apply them individually earlier than linking them collectively

 Discover lots of the warrior poses within the Love and Compassion Lesson Plan and the EmpowermentLesson Plan

  

Right here I’m in warrior 2!

Chair Warrior 2

It is essential to be inclusive. We’re grateful there are variations of this pose to incorporate extra individuals! We discovered an important illustration of warrior pose in a chair from Youngsters Yoga Tales, thanks Giselle!

Yo Re Mi Youngsters Yoga shares an important warrior pose video

Advantages of Warrior Poses for Youngsters 

1. Power
2. Flexibility
3. Focus
4. Steadiness
5. Spatial Consciousness
6. Feeling calm and alert
7. Feeling highly effective

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Love,

Lara