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Describe a pose, not a perfect body

Now put the words back into a whole person.

8 minutesdraft
By the end

Use the lesson vocabulary to write an observation, a cue and an open question.

Core idea

Choose one of the ten pose examples. Select a region, name the joint relationship, then separate what you can see from what you would need to ask.

Your task is to describe the displayed variation, not to judge a student's body. Compare your note with a model response, then revise anything that has become clearer.

Worked visual example

Describe before interpreting

Schematic view
Front hip

Begin with what is visible, then offer an invitation and leave room for a question.

This is a simplified learning diagram. It is not a reviewed anatomical illustration.

Try it in the pose explorer

Warrior II

Fill in: "At the ___, I see ___." Then add: "A cue I might offer is ___." Finally: "I would ask ___." Reveal the sample only after writing or choosing to skip.

Choose poseChoose regionSave observationReveal exampleMark for review
Notice in your own body, if you would like to

Look down at your own hands and describe what you see in three sentences, out loud, without using the word should.

Notice: Describing is a different act from correcting, and it is harder than it sounds.

This is noticing, not instruction. Move as little as you like, stop at any point, and watching instead of moving is a complete way to take part.

Check your understanding

Can you distinguish an anatomical observation from a teaching invitation?

Pause before opening Practice. Say the distinction in your own words.

Notice

What have you described? What have you assumed?

Keep in mind

Do not AI-grade free text or infer competence, injury risk or student diagnosis. Samples are authored learning aids, not records of the learner's body.