Balance while bending and stretching: Nearly every standing yoga pose involves balance, often with one foot lifted from the floor. Several standing poses also involve balance while bending into various poses, all of which involves stretching.

Keep the body stable in high, medium and low positions: Physical stability is a fundamental element of hatha yoga. Students practice finding internal stability in all standing poses, including poses held for up to two minutes at high, medium and low positions.

Recognize that skill development requires practice: The ability to successfully hold most yoga practices involves practice. The wide range of poses ensures that students with abilities ranging from great athleticism to physically-disabled are given appropriate and challenging poses.

Describe the location, size and shape of their heart and indicate that it beasts faster during exercise: Because conscious breathing is an integral element of hatha yoga practice, and because much of this breathing is visually connected to "breathing through the heart," students learn the heart’s location, size, shape and beating rates.

Discuss the connection of food, nutrition and energy: Hatha yoga deliberately relates to overall health, an essential component of which is food and nutrition. The connection between food, nutrition and energy is frequently discussed in yoga classes.

Identify various body parts and their location: Every part of the body is discussed in the course of learning yoga, thereby helping students to gain a basic understanding of human anatomy.

Create movements using different body parts: In the vinyasa flow approach to hatha yoga, students learn to use different body parts in relation to one another while moving from pose to pose.

Demonstrate contrasts between slow and fast movements: In the vinyasa flow approach to hatha yoga, students directly experience modulations of movement between slow and fast.

Identify feelings that result from participation in a movement activity: Inasmuch as emotions are rooted in the body outside of the brain alone, hatha yoga tends to stimulate a wide range of feelings in a safe and supportive environment, allowing students to identify the types of feelings associated with different poses, movements, and parts of the body.

Develop responsibility for expected behavior on the playground and in the classroom: The practice of hatha yoga involves self-discipline and concentration as well as respect for others in the room. Yoga teachers emphasize individual responsibility for behaviors that are conducive to small and large group physical interaction, including that occurring on playgrounds and in classrooms.

Stretch basic muscle groups: The practice of hatha yoga stretches every muscle group in the body.

Create rules to follow individually, with a partner or in a group: Yoga involves many principles (rather than hard-and-fast rules) that allow students to practice safely. In practicing with these rules, students learn to importance of rules more generally.

Move each joint through a full range of motion: Students in hatha yoga class learn to move every joint through its full range of motion, with an emphasis on safely extending the range of motion.

Discuss the principles of warming up before vigorous activities and recognize the benefits of cooling down afterwards: Yoga instructors begin every class with warming activities and end every class with cooling activities. Students learn the underlying principles for these practices.

Perform a locomotive activities for an extended period of time to create an aerobic effect: In the vinyasa approach to hatha yoga, students are engaged in a process of continuous movement which may extend for as long as thirty minutes, thereby creating a strong aerobic effect.

Increase awareness of others: While yoga is primarily an individual practice that focuses the student internally, Yoga instructors emphasize the importance of appreciating and respecting others in their own practice.

Recognize and appreciate their own positive and negative feelings and those of others: As indicated in item "9," above, a variety of feelings arise in yoga practice (as in other physical activities). Yoga instructors stress the importance of validating one’s own feelings and respecting those of others.

Analyze mistakes and celebrate achievement of personal goals: As one progresses in learning yoga, daunting challenges require slowing down, pausing, and reflecting upon obstacles. One becomes capable of performing a more advanced pose, there are powerful intrinsic rewards.

Be considerate of others in physical activity settings: Yoga instructors frequently discuss the value of respecting others in yoga classes.

Use equipment properly and assist in proper storage and maintenance: Students learn the proper care, handling and storage of all yoga supplies and props.

Participate in multicultural games and activities: Inasmuch as yoga is rooted in a set of ancient practices originating in India, students are exposed to another culture’s activities. In India, there are today local, regional and national yoga competitions. It is entirely possible to plan and structure yoga demonstrations and games for students here as well.