Yoga School Teaching Methodology Sequence 1

Question 0

Tadasana

Answer 0

• Stand with feet together.
• Bring you legs alive making them feel strong without locking you knees.
• Draw the tailbone down.
• Engage your low belly.
• Roll your shoulders back.
• Stand tall and lengthen you spine.

Question 1

Axis Twist

Answer 1

• Stand with your feet together or hip distance apart.
• Extend you arms straight from your side palms facing up.
• Make them firm and alive.
• Bring you finger tips up and over.
• Rest you fingertips lightly on your shoulders now
• Relax you shoulders.
• Engage the low belly and twist from the center of your body to the ____ wall.
• Check and make sure your elbows are pointing straight out from your shoulders.
• Bring the two points of your hips to point at the front of the room.
• Exhale completely.
• Breathe in and rotate back to center.

Question 2

Side Bends

Answer 2

• Stand in tadasana. Interlace your fingers with your palms facing down.
• Slowly raise your arms up by your ears.
• Stands tall and engage the low belly.
• Now side bend to the ___ side.
• Keep your chest open and you legs strong without locking the knees.
• Exhale completely.
• Engage you abs and lengthen you spine as you breath in to center.

Question 3

Urdvha hastasana upward salute

Answer 3

• Stand with your feet together.
• Bring you legs alive and making them feel strong without locking your knees.
• Rotate your arms so your palms face forward.
• Engage the low belly.
• Draw the tailbone down.
• Then raise your arms over your head palms facing up.
• Keep the spine long.
• Bring your palms together in front if your heart.