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Yoga Mindfulness Book
Exercise 12 from Yoga Mindfulness Book

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Tools: No prompts needed

Ages: 2+

Airplane Pose or Vasisthasana

This pose challenges your ability to stay focused, which is so important for kids. The airplane pose strengthens your wrists, forearms, shoulders, and spine, and also tones your abdominal muscles while improving balance.

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  1. Bend your knees and place them on the floor. Move your left knee a few inches to the left, bringing it in line with your left wrist.
     

  2. Then extend the right leg and shift your weight onto the left hand and left knee; the left shin will now be parallel or almost parallel to the short end of your mat, with the instep of the right foot touching the floor. Reach the right arm straight up, keeping the shoulders stacked.
     

  3. Make a noise like you are a flying airplane. 
    Challenge your kids to move and look up and down.
    Then do the same on the other side.

Airplane Pose or Vasisthasana
Other Poses

  1. Sukhasana

  2. Malasana or Froggy Pose

  3. Conscious Breathing

  4. Alligator or Side Leg Raises

  5. Butterfly Pose or Baddaha Konasana

  6. Bear Pose or Uttanasana

  7. Armadillo or Apanasana

  8. Shavasana

  9. Mantra

  10. Froggy Pose or Ardha Padmasana

  11. Suitcase Game or Paschimottanasana

  12. Air Conditioner Breathing or Sheetali Pranayama

  13. Penguin Pose

  14. Seal Pose or Urdhva Mukha Svanasana

  15. Whale Pose or Dhanurasana

  16. Albatross Pose or Virabhadrasana III

  17. Deep Belly Breathing or Yogic Breathing

  18. Mountain Pose or Urhva Mukha Svanasana

  19. Jaguar Pose or Dandayamna Bharmanasana

  20. Manatees Pose or Balasana

  21. Anaconda Pose or Bhujangasana

  22. Sloth Game or Freeze Game

  23. Flower Pose or Vikasitakamalasana

  24. OM Yoga Play

  25. Sukhasana or Ardha Padmasana

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