Module 3 - Aligning the Feet and Ankles with the Knees
Learn how to align the feet and ankles with the knees. Review common cues for grounding the feet, the limits of ankle range of motion, and how to determine when someone is hyperextending. These videos highlight content in Chapter 3, pages 33-50, of Becca's book. Find your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Yoga-Creative-Cueing-Classes/dp/1734744200.
Total video run time for this module is 35 minutes.
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3.1 Discovering Supination and Pronation
Review common cues for grounding the feet in an even way. Help students find awareness of their ankles and feet and ankles during their practice.
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3.2 Ankle ROM Only Part of the Story with Squat
Learn all the many reasons that students struggle with Squat, and ways to make the pose more accessible.
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3.3 Is the Knee Really Hyperextended?
Review what hyperextension really means, along with how the shape of the bones can make it look at first glance like a student is hyperextending, even when they are not.
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3.4 Small Adjustments with Feet & Knees Help Students Balance
The traditional cueing to "point the foot straight forward" in the one-legged standing balances does not work for many students. Review the differences in how students' feet track with their knees and alternative cueing.
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3.5 Lining up the Feet and Knees in Goddess
When we ask students to turn out from the feet, their hips do not always turn out as much, and they often torque the knees. Forcing too much turnout causes many students to arch their back.
