Final Study guide Flashcards
- Explain why standing poses are taught to beginning students first?
they are the beginning of the corrective work to restore functional alignment and maintain the health of the skeletal system. Pg. 52 C
- List 3 standing poses with instructions you would teach to a beginning students
Uttanasana, Prasarita Padottanasana, and Parsvottanasana press the mounds of the big toes down. Lift the muscles above the knees up. Extend through the sides of the waist. Press the hands down as you draw the shoulder blades in, lift the sides of the chest up and move the top of the shoulders away from the ears.
- Explain why teaching Yoga Asana both an art and science.
an art in that it requires creativity and imagination to inspire students to explore and experience the asanas at a deeper level. It is a science in that it requires clear and concise instructions for students to build strength, flexibility and body awareness to experience the promise of yoga practice. Pg.67
- List five (5) elements of a good Yoga Teacher.
1)knowledgeable of material taught. 2)must know the subject matter or “raw material”. 3) identifies and understands the different classes of asana. 4)know effects of each pose. 5)must know what the possible impact will be in order to organize meaningful, progressive lessons.
Name eleven (11) classes of Asana. Explain the importance and benefits of each Asana classes. Give their English and Sanskrit names.
i) Standing poses (Utthistha Sthiti): Importance: corrective work to start to restore functional alignment and maintain the health of the skeletal system. Benefits: builds strength, flexibility, body awareness, and confidence.
ii) Seated Poses (Upavistha Sthiti): Importance: when sitting erect the mind stays alert. Benefits: feedback from body tells mind what defects to correct in the posture.
iii) Forward Extension poses (Paschima Pratana Sthiti): Importance: allows nerves to recuperate, flow of energy. Benefits: helps breathing and internal organs.
iv) Twisting Poses/Lateral extension (Parivrtta Sthiti): Importance: teaches alignment and healthy spine and inner body awareness. Benefits: loosens spine, blood, and nerve flow.
v) Inverted poses (Viparita Sthiti): Imp.: reverses negative effects done by gravity. Bene: Prevents stagnation of circulation and sagging organs.
vi) Abdominal Contractions poses/ Core Strength (Udara Akunchasana Sthiti): Importance: Utilize entire body as a weight and counterweight. Benefits: Improve core strength and responsiveness for changing movement demands.
vii) Backward Extension Poses (Purva Pratana Sthiti): Importance: delays mental and physiological aging. Benefits: Prevents future back problems and manage current back pains.
viii) Hand Balancing (?): Importance: leads to controlled stretch and contraction. Benefits: learn to bear body weight enhances strength, agility, and movement skills.
ix) Salute to the Sun (Surya Namaskar): Importance: breath coordinated with motion. Benefits: Cardiovascular endurance, strength, and flexibility.
x) Restorative poses (Visranta Karala Sthiti): Importance: recovery and recuperation. Benefit: develops sense of movement on inside out.
xi) Corpse Pose (Savasana): Importance: opportunity to absorb at deeper level the changes that come with yoga practice. Benefits: Recuperation.
How do teachers of yoga develop a mature understanding of the mechanics of each poses? Explain why.
through the combination of observation, movement, and action. They need to be able to transmit this knowledge to their students. Pg.67
List four (4) significant factors beginning students lack.
strength, flexibility, body awareness, and coordination. (pg.56)
As a teacher of Yoga, what do you need to introduce in a beginning class?
body placement, use of props, Sanskrit names of poses, and must develop an ability to concentrate at a deeper level. (pg.56)
Identify the difference between a beginning student, intermediate student and advance student.
9) The difference between a beginning student from an intermediate student is that beginning students lack strength, flexibility, body awareness, and coordination. The difference between an intermediate student and an advanced student is that an intermediate student has an understanding of the principles of alignment and be able to apply these in the postures that are known. Advanced students have a shift in mind and emotions (pg.57)
What is sequencing?
how the poses are ordered. (pg.59)
Explain the importance of sequencing.
it helps balance a practice and adjust to a specific group of students. (Pg.59)
What are the three (3) basic sections of a sequence? Explain each sections.
Warm-up (prepares the body and mind for movement (standing poses)), the lesson/class focus (based on a determination of what the students need to learn), and the cool down, this is meant to decrease the flow of blood to the working muscles, decrease respiration, and heart rate, stretch the muscles that were utilized to reduce muscle soreness and begin to quiet the mind (pg.60).
What is Savasana? Explain in details how Savasana is performed.
Savasana is corpse pose, it means relaxation, and therefore recuperation, how to get in: start lying on one’s back. The legs are straight, and arms are straight slightly away from the body, palms up. Release the leg from the hip socket allowing the feet to go out to the sides, release the arms from the shoulder sockets. Bring the back of ribs onto the floor. Bring the outer shoulders down onto the floor. Move the top of the shoulders away from the ears. Soften the abdomen, neck, face, and tongue. Softly close the eyes and bring the focus internally to the breath. Pg.55 (Carlyn)
List five (5) guidelines in developing a beginning class sequence. What two (2) lessons do these five (5) guidelines can teach?
• What do i want to teach? • How do i get the student ready for what i want to teach? • What do the students want to learn? • What do the students need to learn? • What do i want the students to learn? Pg. 62 (Carlyn) Lessons can be: • Teach a specific pose. • Teach a specific alignment principle.
What commitment do yoga teachers need to make? Explain why.
to practice daily at home, attend group classes, and workshops. There is a maturity that begins to grow when there is a fruitful home practice. (pg. 65)
