TEACHING METHODOLOGY & ART OF SEQUENCING
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How to sequence a purposeful and effective yoga class that would benefit inversion training
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Exploring different asanas and techniques in yoga that helps to build a handstand practice
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Learning how to progress and regress in a practice to make it suitable for different levels
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Practicing teaching, cueing and assisting inversion in a way that emphasises safety, accessibility, inclusiveness and empowerment
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Acknowledging fears and limitations in different students and bodies and setting appropriate and achievable goals and plans for others
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Learning breathing techniques that help to improve your inversion practice
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How to integrate core practice in all yoga postures
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Learning the theory and application of balancing and re-balancing in handstand
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Learning pre-habilitation exercises for wrists and shoulders aiming to increase baseline fitness for inversion practice
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How to practice and teach from beginner-level to experienced-level inversions
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Learning alignments and body positions in hand balancing
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Setting priority for effective progression
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Strength and flexibility training
APPLIED FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY
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Understanding anatomy of shoulder complex and thorax, the synergistic actions of coupling muscles, and how it functions to progress your inversion practice
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Identifying common faulty postures on shoulders and thorax, eg. round shoulders, winged scapula, insufficient scapular upward rotation, and how to prepare yourself to practise inversion safely with these conditions
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Understanding anatomy of low back/ pelvis and hips, the synergistic action of abdominal and pelvic floor muscles, and how it functions to progress your inversion practice
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Identifying common faulty postures on low back/ pelvis and hips, eg pelvis tilting, arched back, and how to prepare yourself to practice inversion safely with these conditions