F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Vocabulary

butt

glutes (gluteus maximus)  – the name of the muscles on your butt

eg: This pose will stretch your glutes and thighs.

How do you do the Chair pose?

To do the chair pose: Raise arms up, and reach through fingers, Sit down back as if sitting through chair. Ran hou shift weight toward heels. lengthen up torso

Start in mountain pose. Raise arms , and reach up through fingers, Sit down and back as if sitting into a chair. Shift weight toward heels. Lengthen up torso.

What are the benefits? of the chair pose?

The benefits are: This standing pose strengthens legs, upper back and shoulders. (you’ll feel the burn)

Muscle Diagram

Grammar

sit on that chair

sit in that chair

sit to that chair

sit through that chair (fall to the floor)