{"id":59179,"date":"2020-10-30T07:29:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T07:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/lion\/"},"modified":"2020-12-05T08:57:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T08:57:39","slug":"lion","status":"publish","type":"yoga_pilates_poses","link":"https:\/\/georgewatts.org\/lesson-planner\/yoga_pilates_poses\/lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you ready to become a lion? Come into lion when you feel like you could do with some lion courage. Ready? On all fours. Round your back. Tuck chin into your chest. Move slowing back and forth. The roar of a lion can be heard from 5 miles away. Lets roar like a lion. In the wild lions rest for around 20 hours a day, probably because of all that roaring. Let’s rest in Child Pose. <\/p>\n

How To Teach Cat Pose
\n<\/strong>Marjaryasana<\/em><\/h1>\n


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Step 1
\n<\/span>Learn The Sanskrit<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Marjaryasana<\/em> = cat pose
\nMarjari<\/em> = cat<\/p>\n

I’ve learned how to remember Sanskrit names of poses by using a fun, easy to use memory trick. The trick is to create a bizarre story. The more bizarre the easier it is for the brain to remember.<\/p>\n

For example, here’s the bizarre story I whipped up…<\/p>\n

I imagine myself knocking at the door of my Mum’s house (she has a cat).\u00a0 When she opens the door, instead of giving her a hug, I go straight to her fridge and get a tub of MARJA<\/strong>rine (sounds like MARYA<\/strong>ryasana), a knife, and spread it all over her very fluffy Norweigian CAT<\/strong>. When my mum rightly asks me when I just put MARJA<\/strong>rine all over her CAT<\/strong>, I tell her it’s the latest way of preventing hair loss for CAT<\/strong>s.<\/p>\n

Step 2
\n<\/span><\/strong>Teach The Benefits <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cat Pose develops concentration and awareness when you mentally visit the spaces between each of the vertebral joints to mobilize them.<\/p>\n

Other benefits…<\/p>\n