Why Millions Are Rolling Out Their Yoga Mats

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – get students talking about yoga using different discussion activities and useful conversation phrases;
• – practice giving opinions, asking questions, and developing speaking skills through various interactive exercises;
• – watch an informative video about what happens to your brain and body when you do yoga regularly.

This B2-level lesson plan gets students talking about yoga using different discussion activities and useful phrases. They practice giving opinions and asking questions.

Warm-up 

Students read a dialogue and discuss the conversation using provided expressions.

Video 

Students watch an informative video titled “What Happens To Your Brain And Body When You Do Yoga Regularly.” After viewing, they complete a matching exercise connecting sentence beginnings with appropriate endings based on the video content.

Exercises 

Using provided phrases, students discuss different situations with their teacher. In the second exercise, students read a conversation between a yoga instructor and a student and complete the gaps in the sentences.

Reading 

Students read a text about the benefits of yoga and answer questions for reading comprehension.

Discussion 

Students discuss the different yoga-related scenarios with their teacher using provided phrases.