Mar. 10, 2010: Go Yoga!

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Activities:

1. Use newspaper words and pictures showing yoga equipment or information about yoga classes to make a poster encouraging people to try yoga.

2. Interview five friends. Ask them if they have tried yoga. What other types of exercise do they do?

3. Find three people in the newspaper whom you think would benefit from yoga. Write a sentence explaining why you chose each person.

4. Which yoga postures help improve your (a) legs, (b) breathing, (c) shoulders and (d) balance?

5. Practice yoga poses for one week. Keep a journal. Write about how you feel physically and emotionally.


Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction. (Physical Education)
  

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)