worksheets - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Lesson
4
Dos and Don’ts- Balancing Asanas
Aim
In this lesson you will learn:
Eye and breathing exercises.
Exercises for strengthening leg, ankle and foot muscles.
Moz: Shadow of a swan! Interesting.
Tejas: These are called hand shadows. We are practicing
these to show in the class.
Moz: Good. These also provide exercise to your wrists and
hand. How do you make these hand shadows?
Jyoti: We need a white screen to be used as the background
and a torch. Position the torch such that the light falls on
the hands. Stand to one side of the screen so that your
body does not get in the way. Remember that all other
lights should be off.
Moz: Can we make shadows with any other source of light?
Tejas: The Sun. When we walk in the Sun our shadows can be seen on the
ground.
Jyoti: We can also see shadows in moon light.
Moz: Let us go out and try making
shadows using sunlight.
Tejas, Moz and Jyoti go out and make
shadows in the sun light.
Tejas: I am tired.
Moz: Let us go inside and do pranayam.
Jyoti: What is pranayam? Does pranayam help to remove tiredness?
Moz: Pranayam is a breathing exercise. It calms the mind, improves attention
and refreshes us.
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