Heart Yoga

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Age Groups: Big Kids, Little Kids, Toddlers

Skills: Feelings, Self Regulation

Let’s practice heart yoga together!
Let’s lie on our stomachs with our heads close to each other’s and our feet pointing in opposite directions. Let’s bend our elbows and put our hands, palms down, near our shoulders.
Now, let’s lift our heads, shoulders, and bellies off of the floor by pressing down on our hands. Let’s rest on our elbows and aim our hearts at one another. This is called “Sphinx pose!”
Let’s imagine that our hearts have tiny lights inside that represent our love. Let’s send love to one another like beams of light shining from our hearts. Now let’s lower ourselves back down to the ground.
Next time, let’s press up even higher, supporting our heads, shoulders, and bellies on our hands — this is called “Cobra” pose! Let’s beam our heart lights even brighter this time, and then lower ourselves to the ground again.
If we’ve learned Sphinx and Cobra, we can try the King Cobra pose by moving through Cobra, then bending our knees to bring our feet close to our heads. Remember to shine your heart light!

Stretch - to lengthen and relax muscles

Open - free and accessible

Breathe - take air into and out of the lungs

Beam - to shine like a ray of light