🧘‍♀️ Part 1: Understanding Stress and Yoga

1. What is stress? Write your definition below:

2. Circle all the ways stress can affect your body and mind:

Muscle tension

Difficulty sleeping

Feeling anxious or worried

Headaches

Trouble concentrating

Faster heartbeat

3. How can yoga help with stress relief? Explain in your own words:

🧘 Part 2: Restorative Yoga Poses

4. Match each yoga pose with its correct description:

1. Child's Pose (Balasana)

2. Legs-Up-The-Wall Pose

3. Reclining Butterfly Pose

4. Supported Fish Pose

A. Lying on back with legs up against wall

B. Kneeling with forehead to ground, arms extended

C. Lying back with chest opened using props

D. Lying with soles of feet together, knees apart

5. How long should you typically hold each restorative yoga pose?

30 seconds

1 minute

2-3 minutes

10 minutes

6. Draw yourself in your favourite stress-relief yoga pose:

🌬️ Part 3: Breathing Techniques

7. Fill in the blanks about diaphragmatic breathing:

Diaphragmatic breathing is also called _______ breathing. When you breathe this way, your _______ should rise and fall, not your chest. This type of breathing helps to _______ the nervous system and reduce _______.

8. The 4-7-8 breathing technique involves:

Inhale for _____ seconds, hold for _____ seconds, exhale for _____ seconds.

9. Which of these are benefits of conscious breathing? (Select all that apply)

Reduces anxiety

Promotes calmness

Increases heart rate

Helps focus the mind

Activates the relaxation response

💭 Part 4: Reflection and Application

10. Describe how you felt before and after your yoga session today:

Before:

After:

11. Which pose or breathing technique felt most helpful for managing your stress? Why?

12. How could you incorporate these yoga practices into your daily routine? List 3 specific ways:

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

13. What is one goal you have for practising yoga stress relief techniques at home?

14. Rate how confident you feel about using yoga for stress management:

Very confident - I can do this on my own

Somewhat confident - I need a little more practice

Not very confident - I need more guidance

Not confident at all - I need lots more help

Yoga Stress Relief

Yoga Stress Relief

🧘‍♀️ Part 1: Understanding Stress and Yoga

🧘 Part 2: Restorative Yoga Poses

🌬️ Part 3: Breathing Techniques

💭 Part 4: Reflection and Application

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