Description
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Core Curriculum Class Topic: Standing Balances
Asana:
– Vrksasana (Tree)
– Garudasana (Eagle)
– Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III)
– Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon)
– Related physiology, preparations, counter/equalizing poses, variations, benefits, contraindications and safety issues.
Pranayama: – Dirgha Swasam (Complete Breath) – inhale low-middle-high
Theory:
– Yamas (Sutras 2.30-2.39)
– Ethics
– Trauma Sensitivity Awareness
About the Teacher: Teddy Hyndman is a YAA Senior Teacher and a Senior Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor. Teddy began yoga in 1968 at an ashram in Pondicherry, India. She taught junior school in Toronto; then volunteered at an orphanage in Brazil. From South America she moved to Kyoto, Japan, to practice Zen meditation for 3 years. In Kyoto, Teddy began teaching yoga merging her yoga practice with her Zen training. Returning to Edmonton, Alberta, she raised a family, was active in rebuilding the Yoga Association of Alberta as President and is presently active in the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada.
