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Postures Flashcards

Postures, family, poses, cues

1
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Anjaneyasana

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High Lunge

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Back bend

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  • Energising poses
  • Can throw one in to energise the class in Anjaney, Tadasana, crescent lunge
  • Awaken energy within the spine, invigorate the nervous system, improving breathing and digestion
  • Open up the front body, releases and breaks stress
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Backbend cuing

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  • ‘airbag’ effect – activating uddiyanah bandha by contracting the abdominal muscles compresses the abdominal organs and provide additional support to the muscles surrounding the lumbar spine
  • Ground four corners of the feet
  • Legs and feet parallel
  • Lengthen lumbar spine by grounding tailbone and activating uddiyanah bandha
  • Hug tips of shoulder blades in the back of the heart space
  • Broaden collarbones
  • Elongate cervical spine
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Backbend cuing

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  • Ground four corners of the feet
  • Legs and feet parallel
  • Lengthen lumbar spine by grounding tailbone and activating uddiyanah bandha
  • Hug tips of shoulder blades in the back of the heart space
  • Broaden collarbones
  • Elongate cervical spine
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5
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Before twisting what needs to be activated?

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The core muscles in order to centre the pelvis from the hip joint.

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6
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Boat Pose

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Navasana

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7
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Bow Pose

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Dhanurasana

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8
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Bridge Pose

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Setu Bandha Sarvangasana

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9
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Child’s Pose

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Balasana

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10
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Cobra Pose

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Bhujangasana

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Concentric contraction

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Movement to contract the muscle i.e. bicep curl inward

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12
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Corpse Pose

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Savasana

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13
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Crow Pose

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Bakasana

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DFD - modifications

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  • bend knees - drop knees to earth or dolphins pose on forearms
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15
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Dhanurasana

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Bow Pose

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16
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Downward Dog

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Adho Mukha Svanasana

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17
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Eagle pose

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Garudasana

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Eccentric contraction

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Movement to extend the muscle i.e. moving from bicep curl inward

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Fierce or chair pose

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Utkatasana

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20
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Fish Pose

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Matsyasana

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21
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Forward bend cuing

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  • Engage Uddiyanah Bandha and lengthening sternum away from pelvis
  • Maximise length in front body, minimal rounding in back body
  • Bend knees to take pressure off hamstrings and lower back
  • Anterior tilt of pelvis
  • Quadriceps engaged
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22
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Forward bends - rules

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  • Should have an acute angle – less than 90 degrees
    • bend knees more to safely forward fold
  • Those that are overly flexible, need to focus on stability through their uddiyanah and mula bandhas to support the spine
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23
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Forward bends benefits

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Benefits – open the back-body chain of muscles

Has a calming effect on the nervous system influencing the mind to slow down and move more to introspection

Chance to reset, regroup

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24
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Half Lord of Fish Pose

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Ardha Matsyendrasana

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25
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half way lift

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ardha uttanasana

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26
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Inversions cuing

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  • Engage core strength
  • Maintain a neutral curve through the cervical spine
  • Encourage shoulder stability
  • Active feet and legs to avoid sinking
  • Continuous flow of breath
27
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Isometric contraction

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  • Muscle contracts but does not shorten
28
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Lateral cuing

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  • Engage core strength
  • Stay lifted out of lumbar spine
  • Stabilise pelvis alignment and feet
  • Stabilise scapula placement
  • Continuous flow of breath
29
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Legs up the wall

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Viparita Karani

30
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Matsyasana

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Lord of the Fishes Pose

31
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Mountain Pose

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Tadasana

32
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Name and show three planes of anatomical movement

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Saggital - Flexion/Extension; Coronal - Adduction/Abduction; Transvers - Rotation

33
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Natarajasana

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Dancer

34
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Plough Pose

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Halasana

35
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Revolving crescent lunge

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parivrtta Anjaneyasana

36
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Revolving crescent lunge - key alingment

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  • feet hip width - on the ball of back foot, heel over ball - back leg engaged, thigh bone lifted - front knee over ankle, in line with second toe - hug inner thighs toward midline - lengthen spine on the same diagonal angle as the back leg, pull sternum up - tailbone lengthens to back foot - uddiyanah bandah engaged - arms in prayer or arms open - length in boths sides of the upper body - breathe
37
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Revolving crescent lunge - modifications

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  • drop back knee - lengthen hand to floow on inside of front foot or block
38
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Salabhasana

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Locust

39
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Samasthiti

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Tadasana variation

40
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Shoulder stand

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Salamba Sarvangasana

41
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Side Plank

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Vasisthasana

42
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Squat pose

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Malasana

43
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Standing forward bend

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Uttanasana

44
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Standing postures - foundation?

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  • Feet > hips > spine
  • Connect to the earth
  • Build upward
  • Speak to the four corners of the feet, spread the toes
  • femurs descending
  • Ensure pelvic alignment
  • Drishti is important when balancing
45
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Supta Baddha Konasana

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Reclining Bound Angle Pose

46
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Tree pose

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Vrksasana

47
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Twists

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  • Neutralising or energising
    • Allows for improved energy through back body
    • Neutralising between folding or strong back bends
  • Crucial for spinal health to get blood supply into the joints
  • Manipulate the internal organs
  • Rotates the spine and lengthens the muscles of the back body
  • Don’t twist when pregnant
48
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Twists cuing

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  • Engage core
  • Maintain natural curvature of spine
  • Lengthen the spine, engage the back muscles
  • 1 part of body should always remain straight
  • Standing = hips, pelvis
  • Laying down = shoulders stay in touch with the earth
  • Take care not to over rotate
49
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Upward Facing Dog

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Urdhva Mukha Svanasana

50
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Virabhadrasana 1

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Warrior 1

51
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W2 alignment points (10)

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  • Front heel in line with back foot heel or inner arch - Back foot at a 90 degree angle, grounding into the pinky edgy - Back inner thigh engages, lifts and presses back - Front knee in external rotation over ankle, in line with second toe - Hips open, shoulders over hips - Arms reaching straight up, open at shoulder level - Arms externally rotated (biceps up, palms down) - Shoulder blades wide down the back - Neutral spine, supported by uddiyana bandha - Drishti forward over middle finger
52
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W2 modifications

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  • Shorten stance for more stability - Drop hands to prayer
53
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Warrior 1 Modifications (3)

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  • Shorten distance between foot for more stability - Drop hands to prayer in front of chest - Crescent lunge
54
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Warrior 3

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Virabhandrasana 3

55
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What are inversions?

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Inversions

Need to be mindful of weight and where you are balancing

Great when feeling emotional, indigestion

Only posture where heart is higher then head

56
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What are laterals?

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Laterals

  • Opens the side body
  • Very invigorating
57
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What are standing asanas designed to do?

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Build strength in the body and increase flexibility, particularly in the legs and hips.

58
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What are the families of postures

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  1. standing
  2. forward bends
  3. back bends
  4. twists
59
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What are the planes of the pelvis

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  • Sagittal plane – thrust hips forward or back
    • anterior tilt – pitching hip bones forward
    • posterior tilt - tucking the hip bones back
    • can manage by focusing on the hips/feet e.g. crescent lunge bend the back knee
  • Coronal/frontal plane – tipping of the pelvis right or left
    • E.g. tree pose, foot too high and hips are one sided
  • Transverse/horizontal plane –
    • Twisting hips with the back
    • keeping pelvis stable while twisting through the torso and spine e.g. twisted lunge – keep pelvis level
60
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What are the planes that our hips may take?

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Sagittal - anterior/posterior tilt

coronal/frontal plane - hip hikers

transverse/horizontal - rotation

61
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What are the two types of twists?

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One where the shoulders stay fixed and the pelvis rotates and ones where the pelvis stays fixed and the shoulders rotate.

62
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What is key to sequencing?

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  • Find clarity in your theme – theme should be identified and summarised
  • Relate to your theme – why is it important for you
  • Back it up with philosophy, ancient teaching, quote, story
  • Sequence – peak pose, alignment cues etc
63
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What is the definition of an Inversion?

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Any posture where the head is below the heart.

64
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Wide seated forward bend pose

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Upavistha Konasana

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