This episode is all about Balance - why we teach it, how it applies to better mobility in everyday life and some creative new ways to talk about balance to your students.
Teach balance poses throughout your class and use some of these synonyms for variety: stability, steadiness, evenness, level, grounded symmetry, harmony, equity, equanimity.
And for balance poses that move, try some of these: sway, toggle, wobble, rock, roll, rotate, reverse, circle, stabilize, level, stack your joints, energetically shift. Move your gaze.
Balance poses give us a opportunity to talk about Proximity and Proprioception. Encourage your students to go into inquiry about why they feel off balance. Do they know if their foot is lined up — or not lined up with the hip, are toes ground in opposition from their center of balance. Where is the CENTER of balance?
Balance poses also give us an opportunity to teach Yoga Anatomy: Which bones, joints and stabilizer muscles are involved in the balance pose? What adjustments regarding stacking the joints, or contracting muscles can they make to get feel more stable?
Have you used Balance as a theme for a class or workshop? Reach out to me and share your story, becca@bluemoon.yoga
Thank you for listening!
