Lessons of the Student Teacher

Lessons of the student teacher

December 29, 2009 by youcallthisyoga

Monday, 12/21’s journey began witha physical therapy appointment. This has a doubling of the benefit as I employ what I learn into what I teach to my students, especially the seniors. Today’ focus was on loosening the rotator cuff via drawing the shoulder blade down and in. Creating a clear awareness of and frequently revisiting this back-body center shall now be part of the daily mental and physical mantra. Now for the class.

The class of three for chair yoga at The Cypress began with breath awareness as a warm up. We then built leg awareness with movements to level the pelvis (seated cat/cow) and single leg supported movement (hip sway). This lead to alternately drawing the opposite hip and shoulder inward, allowing for a fuller stride and relaxing of the neck and shoulder muscles. We finished by lifting the arms with different spacing between them. We sought to rotate the arms over and behind us. For this group, that was in image only.