Lessons of the Student Teacher

Friday, 1/15’s class broke new ground by taking chair yoga international, to Te Anau, New Zealand. Here as part of the University of North Carolina General Alumni Association, I hope to share the love. Today’s class drew three participants new to yoga but all were tennis players. We began with a review of ideal seated positioning (the 90 degree rule of feet, shins, thighs, back and chin). Then we developed foot awarerness by focusing on 4 points of contact with the ground and breath awareness by exploring centering breaths (drawing air through thenose deep into the diaphragm and lungs, then slowly exhaling through the mouth). This pattern would help any athlete maintain their game with better oxygen intake. We warmed up our lower backs and hips, moved to trunk twists wuith a focus on keeping elbows and shoulders down and inward. We continued to the Golf Swing Stretch as both sports require core strength andtransfer of weight from one foot to the other. while focusing on a ball. Everyone “aced” the lesson!