Q1 M2 Assignments- Asana Practice

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Month by month, learning the asanas becomes easier because the same actions and movements for alignment ca be carried into many asanas and because your body and mid are becoming stronger from your practice. Patiently read and work through the descriptions of the asanas, even if you don;t always understand them. They are building blocks that will soon become valuable tools for your practice and will enable you to successfully enjoy performing asanas that you never thought possible. To help you become more familiar with some of the most commonly used alignment guidelines, scan through the asana practice section for months one and two and list at least five commonly referred to guidelines. Then list several postures where these actions can be applied. For example, you might write as one guideline: "Inner edges of the scapula move down. This action lifts the sternum and broadens the chest," and the list such postures as: Salamba Matyasana, Lunge with external rotation, Horse, Dandasana, Savasana, Tadasana, Urdva Hastasana, Virabhadrasana, and Salamba Supta Baddhakonasana. *

Describe the reaction that takes place in your sacrum whe you internally rotate your thighs and when you externally rotate your thighs. *

Stand up and move your spine into hyper lordosis. What do you have to do with your hips, shoulders, and spine to create his condition? How does it feel? Then move your spine into hyper kyphosis. What do you have to do to create this condition and how does it feel? Finally, create scoliosis. What do you have to do to create this condition and how does it feel? *

If there is no groin depth, the groins are tight. When you exaggerate this action in your body, you are protruding your pelvis forward. What does this undesirable action do to your lower back? How does it feel? *

In tadasana and virabhadrasana I, one of the actions is to lift the circumference of the inner walls of your ribs rather than the outer walls of your ribs. After practicing both methods several times, describe any differences you felt. *

In Utkatasana, which action of the asana was most challenging for you to accomplish? *

After practicing salamba supta baddhakonasana a number of times, describe what you felt in this asana and afterwards *

Every day for a minute or two, visualize yourself practicing one or two asanas. Visualize yourself confidently and successfully performing them. After sever days of practice, record what you experienced *

Make list of question that arise from your asana practice that you would like to have answered by the faculty or on retreat. *

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Q1 M2 Assignments- Asana Practice

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Q1 M2 Assignments- Asana Practice

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