5 Beach Poses Using a Chair (Download your Beach Chair Yoga Poster)

Welcome back to our chair yoga poses series! This month’s theme includes beach poses!

Integrating movement into the students’ learning experiences is so important, and I’m hoping this year-long series will help to bring yoga into your life in a fun, creative, and easy way. Each month, this series will feature a different theme that includes five chair yoga poses and a recommended yoga book for kids. This month’s theme is “the beach.”

Begin your pretend visit to the beach with Luke’s Beach Day. Take a trip to an East Coast Australian beach and imagine all the things you’ll see there. Engage the children’s five senses as they bring the beach to life with their minds and bodies.

Clear the space, grab a chair, practice barefoot, and unleash your imagination!

5 Beach Poses Using a Chair

1. Extended Mountain Pose – Say hello to the sun: Sit comfortably on your chair with your feet flat on the ground, look up, take your arms straight up to the sky, and touch your palms together. Say hello to the sun.
2. Tree Pose – Pretend to be a beach umbrella: Come to standing next to your chair. Holding on to the chair with one hand, shift your weight and balance on one leg. Bend the knee of the leg you are not standing on, place the sole of your foot on the opposite inner thigh or calf, and balance. Pretend to be a beach umbrella blocking the sun. Switch sides and repeat the steps.
3. Warrior 2 Pose – Pretend to be a surfer: From standing position in front of your chair, step one foot back, placing the foot so that it is facing slightly outward. Take your arms up parallel to the ground, bend your front knee, and look forward. Pretend to be a surfer riding the waves. Switch sides and repeat the steps.
4. Triangle Pose – Pretend to be a sailor: From a standing position in front of your chair, step one foot back, placing the foot facing slightly outwards. Take your arms up parallel to the ground, bend at your waist, and tilt your upper body to the side. Reach your front hand to gently rest on your chair behind you and reach your other arm straight up. Pretend to be a sailor checking the ship. Switch sides and repeat the steps.
5. Downward-Facing Dog Pose – Pretend to be a sandcastle: Come to standing just in front of your chair, facing the chair. Place your hands flat on the front of the chair and slowly step back so that your arms are stretched out straight in front of you. Straighten your spine, ensure your legs are hip-width distance apart, and look down between your legs. Pretend to be a sandcastle.

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Beach Yoga Book for Kids: Luke’s Beach Day

Give Your Children the Healthy Benefits of Yoga with this Kids Yoga Stories Beach Adventure Book.

Join Luke’s beach adventure. Hop like a kangaroo, perch like a sea gull, and rest like a sea star as you act out this journey on an East Coast Australian beach. What else might you see?

Learn something new, explore movement, and have fun together!

Kids Yoga Stories introduce you to engaging characters who will get your child laughing, moving, and creating. Reading is good for the mind AND body! The story links several yoga poses in a specific sequence to create a coherent and meaningful story.

This book for ages 4 to 8 is more than a storybook—it’s also a unique experience for children.

“Luke’s Beach Day is perfect for getting kids to think of doing yoga anywhere, anytime. We enact this story when we teach our kids and their friends yoga, and because they know what going to the beach is all about, they understand the idea of incorporating yoga into their everyday lives.” – Laura G.

Purchase Luke’s Beach Day in paperback here, or PDF here.

Luke’s Beach Day

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Collection of Chair Yoga Ideas for Kids

Are you looking for easy chair yoga themes for your classroom or homeschool? Click below to see a list of ideas from our chair yoga series:

Collection of Chair Yoga Ideas

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