The Yoga Unit will enhance body awareness, balance, and flexibility. Focus and concentration will help you with stress management. The specific HEALTH RELATED component of FITNESS that yoga addresses is FLEXIBILITY. Flexibility is the range of motion around a joint. Yoga will also improve circulation which is the ability of the heart, blood vessels, blood, and respiratory system to supply fuel, especially oxygen, to the muscles to allow sustained activity. Yoga also improves digestion, respiration and improves function of the lymphatic and nervous system.
What is yoga?
The terms yoga comes from the ancient Sanskrit word yui, which means “union” or “to come together”. The bringing together of the mind and body into the moment with breath and postures. Yoga brings balance, equilibrium, and good health to the body. It will also improve your strength, coordination, flexibility, your concentration and reduce stress.
Hatha Yoga- Hatha is slow-paced gentle movements that provide a good introduction to the basic yoga poses.
Class Management/Rules:
Terms/Techniques:
ii.Retention (creates clear pathway around our body)
iii.Exhalation (cleansing, cooling, restoration, calming and balance
***As a general rule inhale during upward/lifting and exhale during downwards/folding****
Benefits of Yoga:
FITT:
-Frequency: How often? Stretching should be practiced at least 3 days per week.
-Intensity: How hard should I push myself? To a positon of mild discomfort.
-Duration: How long should I stretch for? Hold each stretch for 10 seconds working up to 30 seconds.
-Repetitions: perform 3-5 for each stretch.
What is yoga?
The terms yoga comes from the ancient Sanskrit word yui, which means “union” or “to come together”. The bringing together of the mind and body into the moment with breath and postures. Yoga brings balance, equilibrium, and good health to the body. It will also improve your strength, coordination, flexibility, your concentration and reduce stress.
Hatha Yoga- Hatha is slow-paced gentle movements that provide a good introduction to the basic yoga poses.
- “Ha” means sun
- “tha” means moon
- Union of opposites
- Hatha is joining of forces to achieve balance in our lives by controlling body postures called ASANAS.
Class Management/Rules:
- Remove shoes and socks.
- Do Not fling or force yourself into a posture.
- Concentrate on your own practices and do NOT compare yourself to others. This unit is a personal journey.
- Yoga involves lifting, lengthening and extending.
- Respect the people around you and the practice….we ask you do not socialize or talk.
Terms/Techniques:
- Pranayana: “breath control”
- Breath control is a tool to regulate physical and emotional state
- Breaths should be even and steady through your nose
- 3 phases of breath control
ii.Retention (creates clear pathway around our body)
iii.Exhalation (cleansing, cooling, restoration, calming and balance
***As a general rule inhale during upward/lifting and exhale during downwards/folding****
- Asanas:
- Postures
- Vinyasas:
- Series of postures, ie. Sun salutations
- Shavasana:
- Bringing the mind and body back to relaxation after asanas. Position for shavasana is lying on back, arms at side, palms facing upward.
Benefits of Yoga:
- Increases flexibility and range of motion
- Decreases stress/anxiety
- Quiets the mind
- Creates sharper mind
- Improves balance
- Improves concentration and focus
- Tones, strengthens muscles
- Improves posture and spinal alignment
- Brings together the body and mind
- Decreases depression
- Increases energy level
- Reduces body fat
- Greater self esteem
- Low impact exercise
- Increases emotional health
- Increases bone density
FITT:
-Frequency: How often? Stretching should be practiced at least 3 days per week.
-Intensity: How hard should I push myself? To a positon of mild discomfort.
-Duration: How long should I stretch for? Hold each stretch for 10 seconds working up to 30 seconds.
-Repetitions: perform 3-5 for each stretch.
- Stretch slowly and smoothly; never bounce
- Maintain normal breathing during each movement
- Focus attention on muscle being stretch; try to limit movement in other body parts.
- Feel the stretch, but do not strain by stretching too far.
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