VIP Class Notes (Nick) [S]

Homework

Continue writing the script!

Vocabulary

Anatomy – the study of the parts of the body

Goop – anything sort of sticky, not quite liquid, like mucus
e.g. The “goop” in your body allows the muscles to slide and glide past each other.

Cartilage – the semi-bony material at the end of your nose

Transliteration – to write the sounds of one language with the alphabet of another
Translate – to move between different languages

Confusing vs. Confused– confusing is the thing makes me confused
e.g. This book is confusing.
e.g. I am confused.

Scold – for someone, especially an older person or a person of authority, to tell someone what they did wrong in order to teach them what they should do or to make them act better
e.g. As a child, I was often scolded for climbing things.

Grammar

Right leg on front – right leg in front

Speaking exercise

Put your right foot forward and your left foot back. Left ankle in and right ankle out and make sure in line/align your right heel with the middle of your left foot. Inhale, bring your arms up to a t-shape, exhale reaching forward to catch your right ankle, or as far as you can reach. I want you guys to hold in this pose for a few seconds. I will pick someone out as a model, I just need a few seconds to observe everyone’s posture. (Find someone whose butt is sticking out) We don’t want this. Remember, we said earlier that a neutral or posterior hip position is better for hip-opening / facilitates hip-opening. For this person she sticks her butt out, she just rest in trikonasana because her right hip joint is stuck / locked. This is what we don’t want. What is your hip position now? Anterior or posterior? The answer definitely is anterior, and her left leg is inner spiral. In this case, she need more core muscle / rectus to pull her pelvis back. Also, she needs to train her rotation hip rotation muscle to rotate her legs in right position. Then we will apply this to most of the standing poses.


Put your right foot forward and your left foot back. Turn your left foot in and your right foot out and make sure to align your right heel with the middle of your left foot. Inhale and bring your arms up into a t-shape, then exhale reaching out and bending sideways to catch your right ankle, or as far as you can reach. I want you guys to hold in this pose for a few seconds and I will pick someone out as an example. I just need a few seconds to observe everyone’s posture. (Find someone whose butt is sticking out) We don’t want this. Remember, we said earlier that a neutral or posterior hip position is better for hip-opening / facilitates hip-opening. For In this person she is sticking her butt out. Her hip joint is locked, so she is just resting in trikonasana. because her right hip joint is stuck / locked. This is what we don’t want. (To student) What is your hip position now? Anterior or posterior? The answer is definitely is anterior, and her left leg is in inner spiral. In this case, she needs more to engage her core muscles / rectus to pull her pelvis back. Also, she needs to train her hip rotaters to put her legs in the right position. Then we will be able to can apply this to most of the other standing poses as well.