I Pray in Faith Prayer Yoga

Help the children think about prayer in a new light with this fun I Pray in Faith Prayer Yoga lesson plan for singing time! Did you know that the scriptures talk about lots of different ways people pray? Remind the children that they can pray anywhere and in anyway as long as they are doing so respectfully while moving and getting their wiggles out!

You’ll be able to easily teach I Pray in Faith (archives) and the important lessons talked about through the song lyrics as you add in movement with this singing time activity that will get everyone up and moving!

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I Pray in Faith Prayer Yoga

Sing through I Pray in Faith using this Flip Chart to help the children focus and refresh their memory of the song lyrics before adding in this fun and purposeful movement as you try out some unique prayer inspired yoga poses.

Show me what it looks like to pray? How do you pray? Most children will probably simply fold their arms or clasps their hands together. Some may stand or kneel.

Do you remember what the first line of the song says? “I kneel to pray…” Let’s try kneeling together while we sing the song. Sing through the first verse while kneeling.

Did you know that people pray in different ways? We’ll try a few different fun yoga moves to represent different ways we can pray, along with some fun yoga poses worked in, too. You’ve already learned the first one! We will kneel for the first line.

Let’s try this one next – stand and raise your arms in praise. Sing through that line of the song with everyone mimicking your yoga pose.

For the next line, let’s squat down low and clasp our hands together. Sing through the third line of the song while you move to a half squat prayer pose.

One more move – let’s bow our head down low to the ground as we sing the final line of the song.

Now, sing from the very beginning with all four yoga poses in order.

Invite each class to come up front, each in turn, to help lead the yoga poses as you sing through the song several more times.

Extension Activities:

• Combine these yoga poses with our Ways to Pray Scriptures activity for specific scriptures to match these yoga poses! Share how different people and different cultures may pray differently. The important thing is to pray with reverence and respect.

• Instead, use just a single yoga pose each time you sing through the song. After 4 times through the song, combined them all into the original order with one yoga pose per line of the song.
• Rearrange the prayer yoga poses and let the children pick which 4 poses to use. Make a new pattern each time you sing through for a variety of fun movements and poses to try.

For another fun similar activity, head over to see this To Think about Jesus Chair Yoga singing time activity!

I Pray in Faith Prayer Yoga Printable Song Helps

This free in-post printable includes a 1-page pattern guide with the prayer yoga poses for the 1st verse.

This has extended printables available including yoga poses for the 2nd verse, 12 prayer yoga poses in 1/4 and full page size. You’ll find these bonus files included when I Pray in Faith is the featured song of the month.

For another engaging lesson plan, you won’t want to miss this I Pray in Faith What Comes Next activity where you’ll sort through the different parts of prayer as you put them in order.

What other fun ways will you use this prayer yoga singing time activity in your Primary room?