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Satya Yoga

YOGA FOR ALL LEVELS

YOGA FOR ALL LEVELSYOGA FOR ALL LEVELS

YTT

01/27

Handout

 

Partner Standing Observation 

Partner up with another trainee or teacher. Each will take a turn in the role of the “looker”’and “lookee.” 


With looker squatting behind the lookee:

  • Feet: are the feet straight? 1 foot out, 1 foot in? Flat-footed or high arched? 
  • Achilles: do they align straight, veer toward the midline or the lateral? 
  • Calves: Look and feel. Is there more tension in one calf than the other? Is there more tension on the outside of the calf, the inside of the calf?
  • Knees: Is the back of the knee hard or soft, flexed, extended, or hyperextended? 
  • Hips: Place the palms flat on the hips facing downward with the thumb straight across the sacrum or the hips level?
  • Arms: do they hang evenly at the side, or is one hand more in front of the other? Where are the palms facing? Is there a carry angle at the elbow? 
  • Shoulders: are they even or a level? Does one shoulder ride higher than the other? 
  • Head: is it centered between the shoulders? Does the head tilt rotate to the side?


Now the looker stands to the side of the lookee. 

  • Does the ear hole lineup over the shoulder?-
  • Does the head move forward or behind the shoulder? 
  • Are the shoulders either slumping forward or pulled back? 
  • Does the shoulder line up over the hip? Is the upper back hunched, kyphosis.
  • Is the chest collapsed? 
  • Does the hip line up over the knee? 
  • Is the pelvis pitched either forward or back? 
  • Does the knee lineup over the ankle? Is it hyperextended? 
  • Does the ear hole lineup over the ankle?


Now the looker stands in front of their partner and observes the following:

  • What do you notice about that person’s feet? Are they noticeably different from this view?
  • Do the kneecaps point forward? Do the knees collapse to the midline, are they straight, or do they bow to the side?
  • Do the hips show rotation? How about the torso – any rotation there?
  • Is one or more anterior than the other? Where do the hands fall by the side?
  • Are the shoulders still at the same level?
  • How about the person's head? What do you notice from this position?


Now take about five minutes to share the findings with the lookee without judgment then switch roles. 


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