Yoga for Beginners - 6 week course
Course Outline
Session 1, Finding our feet
Introductions
The structure of the foot and the 3 arches
"The formation of the arch in the foot is essential in order to stand and walk in a proper way".
Vanda Scaravelli
Standing poses
Breath awareness
Progressive muscular relaxation
Session 2, Head, shoulders, knees and toes
Introducing your spinal curves
Effortless standing (it's hard work!) – using our bones and gravity for support.
More standing poses
Breath awareness
Autogenic relaxation
Session 3, Sitting pretty
Sitting postures
Breath awareness
'wave' breathing
Rotation of consciousness (relaxation)
Session 4, Bending over backwards
Introducing backbends
'wave' breathing
30 point relaxation
Session 5, Here comes the sun
Putting some of the forward and backward bends that we have practiced into the sequence
known as Salute to the Sun (surya namaskara).
Sitting and breathing
Relaxation with visualisation
Session 6, Topsy, turvey world
Starting to go upside down (don't panic!) building good foundations
Sitting and breathing with a rest after the exhalation
Relaxation with sound
