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Yogasana

1. Asana

2. — BKS Iyengar Body is the bow, Asana is the arrow, and the Soul is the Target

3. Objectives in Teaching Asanas 1. Physical Health Enhance Flexibility and Strength, Improve Posture and Balance, Boost Immunity 2. Mental and Emotional Well-being Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Enhance Focus and Concentration, boosting their ability to handle frustration, anger, or disappointment. 3. Social Skills and Cooperation – Encourage Cooperation and Teamwork 4. Lifelong Healthy Habits Instill healthy life style practices

4. Understanding Age Groups Safety Precautions and Progression Classroom Management and Demonstration 4. Rules for Asana Practices . General Guide lines For Asana Practices

5. Understanding Age Groups while doing Asanas For Younger children focus on flexibility and strength – Introduce simple practices, avoid complex poses.

6. Relate asanas to nature, animals, birds, etc., for engagement – To keep the younger children interested and involved connect the asanas to nature and animal theme.

7. Older children need posture alignment and breath awareness – encourage in perfecting the postures, breath awareness, use of props for better awareness of their body and mind.

8. Safety Precautions and Progression Prioritize safety precautions Start simple and progress gradually – Begin with basic postures , gradually introduce more advanced poses, as the students develop strength and flexibility. Repetition helps in mastering the pose – repeat the posture often. .

9. Classroom Management and Demonstration Divide the class in to two groups for peer observation and feed back. 2. Demonstrate the posture first before asking the student to attempt it. This provides clarity and safety in execution. 3. BE SUPPORTIVE AND NON JUDGMENTAL – ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS WITH POSITIVE COMMENTS.

10. Breathing Exercises Loosening Exercises/ Sukshma Vyayama Actual Asanas Breath is the bridge between body and mind. Different Aspects of practicing Asanas Always include loosening practices before starting asanas. Follow the 8 or 4 steps method for conducting the class.

11. Additional Concepts Synchronizing Breath with Movements This helps to be in present tense. Helps in Contraction and Relaxation of muscles. Emptiness of the stomach Keep the stomach empty. Clothing Follow appropriate nonrestrictive clothing. Indications and Contraindications Indications and contraindications must be kept in mind as well as the advantages. Relaxation Relaxation after each asana practice is essential.

12. Hands in and out Breathing Hands stretch Breathing(90, 135, 180 degrees) Ankles stretch Breathing Dog Breathing Rabbit Breathing Tiger Breathing Sasankasana Breathing Straight Leg Raising Breathing Ananthashayana Breathing Bhujangasana Breathing Shalabasana Breathing Breathing Exercises

13. Loosening Exercises/ Sukshma Vyayama Loosening Exercises Jogging Forward and backward bending Side bending Twisting Pavanamuktasana kriya Suryanamaskara Sukshma Vyayama Bhujabandha Shakthi Vikasaka Free Rotation of the Shoulders ( Single Hand , Both Hand) Kaphoni Shakti Vikasaka Mani bandha Shakti Vikasaka Wrist Rotation – Right , left, both Hands Anguli Shakti Vikasaka ( Strenthening of the fingers and tose ) Janu Shakti Vikasaka ( Strenthening of the Knees

14. Actual Asanas 1. Standing postures 2. Sitting postures 3. Prone postures 4. Supine postures

15. Standing postures

16. Samasthiti The toes should be spread out evenly, the weight should be balanced equally between the right feet, left feet, forefoot, and heel, the tailbone should be tucked in

17. Sitting Postures ದಂಡಾಸನ ಸುಖಾಸನ ವಜ್ರಾಸನ ಪದ್ಮಾಸನ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮೋತ್ಥಾನಾಸನ ಜಾನು ಶಿರಾಸನ ಗೋಮುಖಾಸನ ಉಷ್ಟ್ರಾಸನ ಬದ್ಧಕೋನಾಸನ ವಕ್ರಾಸನ ಸಿಂಹಾಸನ   ಚತುಷಪೀಠಾಸನ ಅರ್ಧ ಪದ್ಮಾಸನ   ತೋಲಾಸನ   ಸಿದ್ಧಾಸನ   ಶಶಾಂಕಾಸನ   ಪರ್ವತಾಸನ - 1 ವೀರಾಸನ ಊರ್ಧ್ವ ವೀರಾಸನ   ಸುಪ್ತ ವೀರಾಸನ   ಚತುರಂಗ ದಂಡಾಸನ   ಬದ್ಧಕೋನಾಸನ   ಮತ್ಸ್ಯಾಸನ

18. Prone Postures ಭುಜಂಗಾಸನ ಧನುರಾಸನ ಪೂರ್ಣಭುಜಂಗಾಸನ ಶಲಭಾಸನ ಪರ್ವತಾಸನ - 2

19. Supine postures ಶವಾಸನ ಹಲಾಸನ ಸರ್ವಾಂಗಾಸನ ಚಕ್ರಾಸನ ನಾವಾಸನ ಸೇತು ಬಂಧಾಸನ   ಪವನ ಮುಕ್ತಾಸನ   ಏಕ ಪಾದ ಪವನ ಮುಕ್ತಾಸನ    ಪಾದ ಉತ್ತಾನಾಸನ

20. Suryanamaskara

21. Dhanyavad

22. Sanjay Mahesh Parashuram Chandrashekar Sindu