feet crossed as person kneels facing away from the camera

03: Body Awareness, Strength & Flexibility, Hands-Behind & Lower Body Positioning

Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan
Body Awareness

MindfulnessExercises.com - Over 1,500 free mindfulness exercises

Guided Meditations - Audio and written versions of guided meditations

Tara Brach - Guided Meditations - Audio-only guided meditations

Conscious Fitness and Body Awareness Activities 

Warming Up

Evie Vane 'Better Bondage for Every Body' - ch 4 "Warming up for Bondage" by Fuoco

Flexibility

@Cirque_Pysio - Dr. Jen Crane PT, DPT, OCS, ATC offers flexibility & injury recovery advice               

Yoga Body Handbook by Lucas Rockwood chapters: "Drink More Water", "How to Stretch", "Improving Flexibility"

Mobility

MoStability - Combined Mobility and Stabilizing exercises from Equinox Gym

20 Minute Meta-Mobility - Mobility-increasing circuit workout from Equinox Gym

Animal Flow Workout - Animal Flow utilizes a dynamic range of motion across multiple planes; Equinox Gym 

Shoulders

Improve Shoulder Internal & External Rotation - Upright Health tutorial (YouTube)

How to Do Shoulder PAILS & RAILS - Kinetic Sports Rehab (YouTube); strengthen at the end range of motion

Shoulder Anatomy Animated Tutorial - orthopedic surgeon Randale C. Sechrest, MD (YouTube)

Manipulation Under Anaesthesia - Demonstration of increased flexibility under anesthesia

Seated Positions

Broken Seiza (sitting on bottom, legs staggered, from kneeling) (FetLife image - requires an account to view)

two people kneeling (seiza) - one faces side, one faces front
person kneeling with feet stacked
person kneels on the balls of their feet