Practice yoga poses according to various reoccurring themes in your Harry Potter film of choice.

If you enjoy watching Harry Potter and need to get moving and breathing, try this fun, in house, yoga workout circuit. Challenge yourself and try and watch all the movies and jazz up your yoga routine at the same time. Invite your friends.

You’ll need mats, yoga pose cards , healthy food, and beverages. I made posters for easy viewing. Try Grounded innovative yoga poses or create your own. Remember to move with your breath. Practice good alignment when sitting between poses.

Poster 20

 

Works for Any Harry Potter Movie

Every time…..                                                                    Do this pose 

a spell is cast                                                                     Breath of Joy

a password is used                                                           Plank (5 breaths)

someone cries                                                                    Playing with Fire          

Harry flies                                                                          Serious Crow Playful

Fred and George finish sentence together                     Rectangular Relationship

someone says “Voldemort”                                             Gratitude

a pet is shown                                                                    Cat Scratch Fever to Down Dog

someone dies                                                                     Calm Down

Draco mentions his father                                               No Whining

Harry touches his scar                                                     Forward Fold

they enter Room of Requirement                                   Go to Your Room          

Ron says “bloody hell”                                                    Yoga Burpees* (x5)

they enter the Forbidden Forest                                      Root Tree Rise

someone says “You Know Who”                                    Straight Leg Lunge

or “He Who Must Not Be Named”                                  Jump Switches (10x)

you see Harry’s Parents                                                     Lighten Up

they are in Hogsmeade                                                      Laughter Milkshake

Hermione raises her hand                                                 Warrior 1 Up

you see centaurs                                                                 No Table Yes

*A Yoga Burpee is when you start from Tall Mountain go to Forward Fold, then to Plank and come back up.

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Works for a Specific Harry Potter Movie

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Every time….                                                                    Do this pose

points are rewarded or taken away                              You’re Up than You’re Down

a painting talks                                                                 Oompa Loompa

you see Quirrell                                                                Bring It On

they enter restricted area (3rd flood corridor)             Go to Your Room

a staircase moves                                                              Bridge

Hagrid says, “I shouldn’t have said that.”                    Flexibility Kick Freedom           

Seamus explodes something                                           Calm Steam Silly

 

Chamber of Secrets

Every time….                                                                    Do this Pose

Dobby interferes                                                              Whistle While You Work

Lucius Malfoy appears                                                   No Whining

Mudblood is said                                                             Washing Machine

the monster attacks                                                          Get Up

you see spiders                                                                 Triangle with Wisdom

parseltongue is spoken/basilisk voice                          Snake     

Lockhart ask egoistical or cowardly                              Plank (5 breaths)

Prisoner of Azkaban

Every time….                                                         Do this pose

you see the Whomping Willow                          Root Tree Rise

Time-Turner Used (duration)                             Solid Ground Flow

you see the Grimm/ Sirius’s animagus            Crossbow

Ron and Hermione fight over pets                    Double Dog Dare

Buckbeak is seen                                                   Effort Pigeon Surrender

Dementors are seen                                              Bubble Gum Breath

Sirius Black is mentioned                                    Warrior 2 Decide

Goblet of Fire

Every time…..                                                                    Do this pose

an unforgivable curse is cast                                          Warrior 3 with Intention

Krum’s name is said                                                        Strength with Flexibility

Rita Skeeter appears                                                        Bring It On

Duration of Tasks 1 & 2                                                   Oompa Loompa Wall Sit

Moody takes a drink from his flask                               Just a Sip

Cedric appears                                                                  Warrior 2 with clarity

a person asks someone to Yule Ball                               Warrior 2 Decide

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Order of the Phoenix

Every time….                                                                      Do this pose

Harry has a vision                                                             Warrior 2 with Clarity

DA meeting                                                                        Network

Occlumency is used                                                          We Will Rock You

Umbridge giggles or “Um Hm”                                      Mountain Range Laughter

you see Luna Lovegood                                                    Over the Rainbow

Daily Prophet Flashes Across Screen                              Hold On a Minute

you see thestrals                                                                 Camel

Half-blood Prince

Every time….                                                                     Do this pose

Half-blood Prince is mentioned                                     Half-lift

You see Slughorn                                                              Laughter Hero

Draco works on the vanishing cabinet                          Double Check

Memory in the Pensieve                                                  Lotus Breath

Death Eater attack                                                             Bring It On

Teenage love moment                                                       Fish

Felix-Felicis is shown                                                        Just a Sip

Deathly Hallows (Part 1 and 2)

Every time….                                                                     Do this pose

Harry says, “Dumbledore told me”                              Because I Said So

Harry stares at the Snitch                                                Bring It On

Horcrux is found                                                              Double Check

Horcrux is destroyed                                                       You’re Up and You’re Down

You see into Voldemort’s mind                                      Warrior 3 with Intention

Death Eater attack                                                            Hold On a Minute

See Deathly Hallow’s sign                                              Twist and Target           

Someone dies                                                                    Calm down

See Nagini                                                                         Snake

Death Eater apparates                                                     Don’t Rock the Boat

           

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