From a standing position spring forward to take weight on extended arms. Ensure that hips are above shoulders. Bring feet to hands with a small flex of the knees. Stand (Through Vault Practice)
Key 3 Body conditioning
Teach Squat Shape Balance with weight on hands.
Start from Long Sit or Upright standing on a mat as appropriate. Teach Dish Rock with Early Hip Extension
Start from Long Sit or Upright standing on a mat as appropriate. Teach Dish Rock, Early Hip Extension into Fish Flop.
Teach Lunge into Forward Roll into Stag Leg Sit.
Teach Lunge into Forward Roll into Stag Leg Sit without hands.
Teach V-Sit to Shoulder Balance with Exit to Knee Scale
Teach Tuck Rocking into Tuck Rock to Feet into Squat Shape Balance with weight on hands.
From Long Lie move to Front Rock.
Move from Long Lie to Front Support to Staddle Support to Pike Support to Short Straddle Support to Arch Support to Box Shape. Return to Long Lie.
From a modified 'V' sit position, shift body weight onto one side of the bottom, twist the shoulders the opposite way and take weight off the hands and try to balance. Exit back to long sit position.
Start from Long Sit or Upright standing on a mat as appropriate. Teach Modified Backward/Forward Splits
Start from Long Sit or Upright standing on a mat as appropriate. Teach Sideways Splits (Japana).
Teach V-Sit for Shoulder Balance
Teach V-Sit to Straddle V-Sit to Straddle Sit to Fold and Reverse
From a long sit position, lean backwards to put weight on hands (hands behind hips turning fingers to point away) and lift legs straight and high. Take hands away to balance on the bottom holding arms horizontal for balance. Hold for 3 seconds.