Asana & Art of Teaching
Lesson Content
Offering Progressions
Estimated time to complete
9 min
Teacher
Kathrin Brunner
Key Reflections
- What are the benefits of offering students a range of progressions in our classes?
- What are some of the ways that we can encourage our students to choose the option that feels best for their body?
- How does the concept of Ahimsa (non-violence/non-harming) relate to offering progressions?
Asana Lab
In these videos you’ll learn how to teach Cat and Cow poses (Marjariasana pg. 122 in your manual), Threading the Needle (Sucirandhrasana pg 126) and Corpse pose (Savasana pg 204).
Asana Lab - Cat, Cow, Thread the Needle
Estimated time to complete
6 min
Teacher
Kathrin Brunner
Notes:
- Setting up the foundation of Table Top position for Cat, Cow and Threading the Needle
- Cues to direct students into Cat, Cow and Threading the Needle
Asana Lab - Savasana
Estimated time to complete
10 min
Teacher
Kathrin Brunner
Notes:
- Setting up for Savasana
- The intention of Savasana at the close of an asana practice
Mini Sequences
These videos cover how to teach mini-sequences found in the Earth Beginners Practicum (pg. 322-325).
An example of a warm-up sequence (sitting sun salutation), Balance Sequence 1 (Tree pose pg. 96 and Extended Hand to Big Toe pose pg. 98) and spinal extension poses from Prone Sequence 1 (Cobra pose pg. 178, Locust pg. 182 and Camel pg. 144).
Sitting Sun Salutation
Estimated time to complete
9 min
Teacher
Kathrin Brunner
Balance Sequence
Estimated time to complete
10 min
Teacher
Kathrin Brunner
Prone Sequence
Estimated time to complete
23 min
Teacher
Kathrin Brunner
Notes:
- Examples of cues we can offer students in back-bending postures to create even backbends
- Notice how arm positions and the gaze can be used to support stability or intentionally challenge stability in balance poses
- In your practice, how do back bending postures make you feel?
- How do balancing postures make you feel? How does your mind respond to instability or to falling out of the pose? How could you imagine cuing a balancing posture to tie into a theme of grounding/finding the support of the earth?