Yoga in the School
Scarsdale’s Heathcote Elementary School implemented a new “Mindfullness Program” in November. Part of the program consisted of each class participating in three yoga classes during the 4 weeks. Yoga Haven’s awesome staff of six kid’s yoga teachers taught 58 classes during that month! The program was a great success.
Following are a couple of poems written by the students.
Yoga Helps,
by Maya
Yoga finds inner peace
In your mind on your body
Find a pose that’s for you
Your body will love it
You will too
Yoga is a tree
A mountain, a turtle
Yoga can be anything
As long as you look at it from the right way
Yoga Day,
by Nicia
Yoga is a calming way
If you’re a tree it let’s you calmly sway
The lotus lets you calmly stay
All these poses have a way
In the yoga time of day
Yoga,
by Stephan
Yoga is not for me
Sometimes it makes me crazy
The frog and the tree
Are all hard for me
So whenever I do those poses
I fall down
Yoga ,
by Caleigh
Cat dog, cow and tree
As you breathe count to three
Calm yourself and feel free
Yoga helps me be me
The Tree,
by Ariel
The tree is calming
I have to stay very still
So I do not fall
Yoga,
by Miles
Yoga is here everyday
It is new
Not for play
You stay still
Don’t walk away
Blend in with a tree any day
Poses,
by Jocelyn
Cobra
Airplane
Warrior 1
Warrior 2
Those are some poses you can do
Cow
Tree
Cat
Downward
Dog
Please don’t forget the frog
Yoga is good for me,
by Axel
Yoga is good for me
It helps me to relax
I can stretch up and become a tree
Or bend down and meditate
I can breathe well when I ice skate
And make a figure eight
Or I can go down town to make a touchdown
Yoga is good for me
Yoga,
by Sarah Kazan
There are many poses in yoga
People know the tree and downward dog
But not really the frog
It may seem very silly
But really it’s good for you
Movie stars and athletes do it
Before they perform
So they can have a good form
Yoga,
by Rachel
Although the trees do not move
When in wind or a storm
You have to stay still
Have good posture
Have good form
Lotus, cobra warrior 2
These poses keep me calm
What about you?
Yoga helps me get rid of
Any bad thoughts in my head
I won’t just sit and relax
I’ll do yoga instead
