Online Class Notes (Jesse) [3]

try to give 10 mins extra

AEIOU + R sounds should be stronger

rationalise – use logic to explain sth 
eg. she was trying to rationalise (explain) what happened

homosapian – the human species
eg. we’re all homosapian

Grammar

I’m talking with my students and they’re saying… – I was talking with my students / I talk with my students 

you can feel great afterward – you will feel / it will make you feel great afterwards

either you can step and push down your heel – you can either do this or do that / you can do either this or that 

lift your hip higher – lift up your hips
leave your hips there
lift up your hips
let your hips drop down

i already feel sore a lot so I’m going to change? – I already feel really sore / it’s already really sore … 

How are you?
I’m really good!
How happy are you?
I am very / really happy
How rich are you?
I am very / super rich
How much money do you have?
I have 100 RMB

you can make the space between your 2 legs as wide as you can / as possible

we call this pose like / as a static stretch 
this pose is a static stretch 

Vocabulary

thank you very much – thanks so much / thanks for watching / thanks a lot 

sit on your heel / at first put most of your weight on your heel

menopause – after 50 or so, symptoms that women experience
eg. she’s going through menopause

uncontrollable (adj)
eg. that is uncontrollable for him

uncontrollably (adv)
eg. I’m uncontrollably shaking while I do this pose

inevitable / unavoidable – sth that will definitely happen

give birth to a baby

postpartum depression – after birth depression
postmortem – after death
eg. the coroner did a postmortem

depression / depressed
eg. they have depression
eg2. they are depressed 

subliminal advertising 

Pronunciation

aaa – not relaxed, annoying
uhh – very relaxed, thinking sound