Yoga CCA @ Matab Sains School 2011

I am honored to teach a group of form ( 3 ) & form ( 4 ) students yoga @ Matab Sains School again this year. In the first semester ,a step by step guide of Sun Salutation ( surya namaska ) was introduced to them in order to build their basic understanding of their bodily coordination & awareness that also helps improve their ability to focus. For the second semester , I focus on building up their core strengthen & balancing by adding in some challenging poses like Bakasana ( Crow Pose ) , Shalabasana ( Locust Pose ) , Naukasana ( boat Pose ) in both seated & supine version and the backward bending poses.

2011 Matab Sains School Group

First Semester

Prepare for the practice
Balasana ( child pose ) to calm and relax
Using the chair to prepare the practice of Downward Facing Dog
practice of Downward Facing Dog
Standing Mountain pose practice
High Lunge

High Lunge preparation

Second Semester

Shalabasana ( The Locust Pose )
Naukasana ( supine boat Pose )
Backward Bend Pose

Practicing Backbend from the wild thing

Practicing The balancing Pose ( Bakasana )

Using the Wall to practice Bakasana ( The Crow Pose )

Nuakasana ( The Seated Boat Pose )

Nuakasana ( The Seated Boat Pose )

Spinal rocking

Spinal Rocking

Yoga at Matab Sains School 2010

In 2008 ,it was two of teachers , Ms Sevon & Keith from Matab Sains school who used to attend my yoga classes. They put my name in and got me participated in their School 's CCA program to teach yoga. This continues to the following year along with another invitation from Ms. Angela, Therefore, In 2009, there were twice sessions weekly on different days for two groups form 1 & form 2 and the higher level form 5 & A level . It is only every Thursdays for this year. This is a roundup how i started to teach at this prestigious school.
Essentially , yoga asanas ( poses ) are all conditions for the young Matab Sains' students to develop their body awareness, in particular the way they sit and stand to get rid of the poor postures like the common problem they have a hunched back . The Sun Salutation & its variations is a full- body workout involves with the repetitive movement help creating the idea how the body can work in a perfect coordination as well as develop a fundamental skill to be focus and concentration. i use props too anything available on the spot , like the chair and the railing along the corridor is very useful to practice the balancing poses. When it comes to the final relaxation,beside shavasana pose , forward bend poses are another good choice to wind down & chill

The mode of teaching is basically not much different as usual at my own studio. But flexibility wise, the training can be omitted for teens. Let's see their innate suppleness when practicing any of backward bend poses. They just make them look incredibly easy and light. The usual tricks / instructions such as roll the shoulder down , tuck in the shoulder blade or work the legs vigorously , etc are given to the adult students to do the same practice might not be significant to them i guess.

CCA ( Co Curriculum Activity ) - Yoga for form 5 & A level group @ Matab Sains 'finale' today!!!

I am grateful to Angela and Hui Chin for inviting me to teach at the school this year 2009.

Group Picture

The practice

Hello JIS

Pose + Smiles

it's heaven...

Relaxing in Child pose

It's a good opportunity to reach out to different age group of people who like to give YOGA a try , you will get the familiar and the common answer when you asked the group of JIS ages from 14 to 17 for their fist session ;'what do they expect from Yoga session?'the answers are;

Alex, Kalvyn-joy , Fatin , Rafidah , Fathuyah & Min Thihe soe ; not sure about what 's yoga , but i want to try something new ,other than PE class.
Abigail ( she's the only one has yoga background , she's done some sessions with Nora ) & Afifah look for calmness and yoga stretching.
Richee is more fantansy about yoga , besides ,He likes to increase his flexibility as he jogs everyday , and also stretches his spine more. He added ; perhaps makes him more elastic like a contortionist.
one of the kind in this group is Ain Yusop ;i am afraid of it.( maybe she's afraid of any form of exercises too in PE class )

There are 5 absented - Irene , Krishna Mabo , Nurhafizah , Sabrina and Sizhen wong, will get their ideas about their expectations then.

Yoga is back to JIS

Get over with H1N1 , Yoga is back to school again!-Jerudong International School , will start next Monday for the last semester of the year !