VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

I twisted and I hurt / injured my back and now it hurts a bit / it is sore / it aches / it is painful when I move

thickness 
eg. it’s 5mm thick
eg2. I need a mat half the thickness of this mat

fingertips
palm – “palma” 
arch of your palm
wrist – just before your hand
forearm – lower arm “before your hand” 
elbow – the shape of an “L”
upper arm – top part of arm 
shoulder
shoulder joint / ball

toes – foot fingers : sing “heads shoulders knees and toes! knees and toes!” 
bridge / top of your foot
arch of your foot
sole of your foot – the whole bottom of your foot 
heel – the back of your foot
ankle
calf
hamstring (back of top of leg)
thigh (the front / whole of top of leg)
hips 
waist
spine – back bone
scapula
collar bone – front bone under neck
lower back – lumbar 
tailbone – coccyx

Dog pose: the distance between your palms should be the same distance as from palms to your shoulders

4 points of contact: knees, palms, bridge or sole of foot

align sth to sth

it’s better to use a mat that isn’t (too) thick / that is thin / the thinner the mat the better

it’s better to be safe than sorry