LESSON PLAN- UTTHITA PARSVAKONASANA( special class)

Start the class with a good warm-up  done by the instructor(Bafikile Rapoo) , I do what I call waking up the body from the face, imagining you are chewing a big gum to rotating the neck. We do  shoulder rolls,hip rolls, contractions of the spine, rotation of the ankles finish by shaking the whole body. [...]

MISCELLANEOUS- AFTER TEARS PARTY

You  are wondering what is the ” after tears party”! well let me enlighten you. In South Africa whenever there’s a funeral we have the whole community helping, so we have what we call society gathering and its done by men and women. Men have their own and so is women, they don”t mix unless [...]

Asana Technique-Ushtrasana(camel pose)

HOW TO GET INTO THE POSE From Dandasana bend the knees one at a time and sit  on the heels. This position is called Vijrasana(Thunderbolt pose) Stand on the knees, lift the hips off the heels Separate the knees to about hip distance apart, stretch the toes back so that the backs of the feet [...]

Anatomy- Uktasana( chair pose)

BASIC JOINTS ankle joints: flexed to support feet knee flexed hips adduct to draw knees together elbows extend shoulders extend wrists flexed MUSCLES: imagine a chair and immediately think steady, support, strong, power stretch achilles tendons and calves strengthen the quadriceps eccentrically contract the hamstrings engage the buttocks(gluteus maximus,medius and minimus) by contracting them contract [...]

pranayama- control of the vital energy

Life is meant to be amazing ! As a person you are meant to have the life that you want, accomplish the things that you would love to accomplish.When you wake up each day , you should be filled with excitement  because you know the day is going to be full of great things… There [...]

yoga is…

Teenage life can be a torturous experience especially if you have a low self esteem. My life as a teenager was not as pleasant  as most of the girls would say, first learned that  I have special skin , the one that is not so smooth, I had bad pimples, crooked teeth, a body shape [...]