Year 11 - Physical education
5 minutes to start your day
Health and wellbeing: yoga, pilates and mindfulness for life
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop pupils' awareness of the restorative powers of pilates, mindfulness and other daily routines that can support holistic wellbeing and help with stress management. Pupils will experience a variety of classes and also learn about the power of breathwork.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to practise sun salutations while concentrating on your breathing.
Key Notes
- Move: focus on smooth, synchronised breath, maintaining alignment and transitioning fluidly between poses.
- Move: with each pose, engage all muscles particularly at the core, allowing for increased stability.
- Think: focusing on the breath can calm the mind and reduce mental chatter to improve mindfulness skills.
- Feel: being comfortable and calm promotes relaxation, leading to smoother and more fluid movement.
- Connect: fostering mindfulness and well-being, while encouraging group rhythm, creates a strong sense of community.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sun salutations: a series of yoga poses performed in a flowing sequence to warm up the body and improve flexibility
- inhale: breathe in
- exhale: breathe out
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- I'm not flexible so I can't do yoga.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: focus on smooth, synchronised breath, maintaining alignment and transitioning fluidly between poses. Move: with each pose, engage all muscles particularly at the core, allowing for increased stability.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'sun salutations'
a series of yoga poses performed in a flowing sequence to warm up the body and improve flexibility.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: I'm not flexible so I can't do yoga. Correction: Flexibility develops over time with consistent practice. Yoga also improves strength, balance and mindfulness. Many poses can be modified to suit all levels, so anyone can start, no matter their current flexibility.
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