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L01: Find your bearings

Use location words without confusing them with movements. / MANUAL pp.11-12, CLASS 04:23-10:02
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L02: See the three planes

Connect a plane to a demonstrated movement, rather than to the page orientation. / MANUAL p.11, CLASS 00:00-04:23, EXT-PLANES, EXT-PLANES-WTCS, EXT-MOVEMENT
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L03: Name the movement

Distinguish flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and rotation. / MANUAL pp.12-13, CLASS 10:02-12:04, CLASS 18:42-24:10, CLASS 45:40-47:26
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L04: From the ground up

Separate ankle motion, foot inversion/eversion and knee motion. / MANUAL p.13, CLASS 45:40-50:00
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L05: Hips and pelvis: two different questions

Distinguish hip flexion from pelvic tilt, and recognise a teaching cue as a cue. / MANUAL pp.13-14, NOTES Down Dog and Child Pose, CLASS 47:43-57:30
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L06: Shoulder blades are not the same as shoulders

Observe arm-to-trunk motion separately from shoulder-blade motion on the rib cage. / MANUAL p.14, CLASS 01:03:30-01:11:32
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L07: Forearms, wrists and hands

Distinguish forearm rotation from bending at the wrist. / MANUAL p.14, CLASS 01:09:06-01:14:44
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L08: Spine, neck and head

Separate bending, turning and translating the head relative to the trunk. / MANUAL pp.13-15, CLASS 55:55-57:30, CLASS 01:16:21-01:20:04
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L09: Shorten, lengthen, hold

Distinguish the three contraction terms using one named muscle and one known load. / MANUAL p.15, EXT-CONTRACTION
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L10: Describe a pose, not a perfect body

Use the lesson vocabulary to write an observation, a cue and an open question. / NOTES, CLASS 01:20:14-01:20:31, DESIGN
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L11: Breathing is a change of shape

Describe an inhale and an exhale as changes in the shape of the torso. / KAMINOFF, DESIGN
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L12: Prana and apana: begin with the exhale

Use prana and apana to describe the two halves of a breath cycle. / KAMINOFF, DESIGN
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L13: Three diaphragms and the bandhas

Locate the pelvic, respiratory and vocal diaphragms and say what their tone does. / KAMINOFF, DESIGN
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L14: Axial extension and the five spinal actions

Distinguish axial extension from flexion, extension, lateral flexion and rotation. / KAMINOFF, DESIGN, EXT-MOVEMENT, EXT-YJ-TWISTS
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L15: Starting position and base of support

Classify a pose by where it begins and what carries the weight. / KAMINOFF, DESIGN
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L16: Bending forward is not spinal flexion

Describe a pose twice: once by where it goes in space and once by what the spine is doing. / KAMINOFF, DESIGN
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L17: A pose is a process, not a shape

Describe a pose as a path from a starting position rather than as a finished position. / KAMINOFF, DESIGN
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L18: Where a twist actually turns

Explain why a twist is mostly not happening where it looks like it is happening. / KAMINOFF, DESIGN, EXT-YJ-REVOLVED-TRIANGLE, EXT-YJ-REVOLVED-CHAIR, EXT-YJ-TWISTS, EXT-IYC-SUPINE-TWIST
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