5 Beach Poses Using a Chair

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!

1. Extended Mountain Pose: Say hello to the sun.

How to practice Extended Mountain Pose: 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.

Extended Moutnain Pose on a chair | Kids Yoga Stories — Extended Mountain Pose

2. Tree Pose: I am a beach umbrella

How to practice Tree Pose: 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. Say: I am a beach umbrella. Switch side and repeat the steps.

3. Warrior 2 Pose: I am a surfer

How to practice Warrior 2 Pose: 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. Say: I am a surfer. Switch sides and repeat the steps.

4. Triangle Pose: I am a sailor

How to practice Triangle Pose: 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. Say: I am a sailor. Switch sides and repeat the steps.

Triangle Pose on a chair | Kids Yoga Stories — Triangle Pose

5. Downward-facing Dog Pose: I am a sandcastle

How to practice Downward-Facing Dog Pose: 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. Say: I am a sandcastle.