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1	Name: Alyssa Soberano	Topic: Yoga	House: East
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3	THREE COLUMN LOGIC CHART
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5	Essential Question: How best can Hatha Yoga improve strength and flexibility?
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7	Best Answer: Commit yourself to weight bearing, lengthening poses to improve strength and flexibility.
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11	1) How best can Hatha Yoga improve strength and flexibility?	1) Given		EQ
12	2) Define Hatha Yoga: physical aspect of yoga	2) Hatha Yoga covers all of the styles. Think of it as the mother of yoga giving birth to the different styles.	Yoga For Dummies (30a)	EQ
13	3) Define strength: capacity to manifest energy, endurance, & resistance	3) Strength occurs with the poses that require you to play around with your weight.	dictionary.com	EQ
14	4) Flexibility: which bends easily, limber	4) The asanas that bend you in crazy ways elongates the muscle, allowing the body to move freely.	dictionary.com	EQ
15	7) Yoga: Unity of mind, body & spirit	7) Provides understanding of how yoga is not just a physical exercise.	2: wiki
16	Hatha Yoga: The physical aspect of yoga	Provides understanding that I am focusing on Hatha Yoga as the physical aspect, not just the style	30a: Dummies
17	6) Styles of yoga: Vinyasa, Bikram, Ashtanga, Kundalini, Iyengar, ect.	6) Provides understanding of how yoga can be performed in many ways.	6: basics	FOUNDATION
18	8) Back bends are beneficial for lengthening the spine.	8) Back bends allow lengthening which lets the spine move freely, enhancing flexibility.	YogaJournal.com
19	9) Arm balances are strength inducing poses.	9) Arm balances provide strength since it requires a lot of balancing your entire weight onto your two arms.	YogaJournal.com
20	10) Inversions trigger the entire body to be positioned in a different perspective, allowing the entire body to be stretched.	10) Inversions bend the body in numerous ways and usually bears the body's weight, thus improving strength and flexibility.	YogaJournal.com
21	11) Standing positions require the entire body to use it's natural weight to strengthen and lengthen the body.	11) Standing positions usually focus more on the lower half, triggering the calves, thighs, hamstrings, and glutes for strength, and hip openers for flexibility.	YogaJournal.com
22	Twist positions improve and lengthen the muscles.	Increases flexibility of obliques, waist, abs, and back when twisting against the opposite leg.	Livestrong.com
23	12) Answer 1: Performing asanas that use natural weight bearing and lengthening exercises will improve strength and flexibility.	12) Compared to restorative asanas, performing more intensive asanas shows results faster than gentle ones.	16: Crucial
24	13) Practicing yoga at a gym limits your practice.	Yoga classes are only available at certain times of the day, therefore limiting a regimen a student has.	YogaJournal.com
25	Members of a yoga studio consider yoga their workout.	Use yoga as their workout, not a pre/post stretch after working out at the gym. It isn't a competition between students, letting them focus on improving their body and not as a stretch.	48: Kellie
26	There are props available at a yoga studio.	Props are important to aid those who cannot reach the pose. It provides a gentle, yet deep stretch that is injury-proof.	48: Kellie
27	Yoga studios are more private and intimate.	Teachers can make personal connections with follow ups, motivating their students to come back daily. Many students prefer to be involved with smaller groups compared to those who do yoga at the gym.	48: Kellie
28	15) Answer 2: Continuous practice at a yoga studio will allow the body to grow in terms of strength and flexibility.	15) Like many sports, practicing does a body well as it gets used to what its being trained.	38: Importance
29	16) Alignment prevents injuries.	16) Injuries can either be short or long term. Either way, its best for teachers to ask what the students want to focus on in order to maximize their time in the studio.	23: Avoid Injuries
30	17) Correct alignment allows for the right muscles to be stretched.	17) This allows the students to get the right workout they are aiming for, especially if there are any injuries that are requested to be healed.	36: Valuable
31	18) Alignment allows the student to smoothly transition from asana to asana.	18) Alignment helps the student continue on with their practice smoothly and without obstacles, that way they can perform the correct poses.	38: Effectiveness
32	19) Answer 3: Correct alignment best improves strength and flexibility by targeting all of the proper muscles to be worked out accordingly.	19) Alignment provides a safer class that transitions to poses swifty, leaving the correct muscles to be stretched.	36: Valuable
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34		If: doing yoga at a studio, performing the strength/flexibility inducing poses, and correctly aligning yourself are all answers to improving strength and flexibility,	Then: the most effective way is to perform the strength/flexibility inducing poses such as twists, standing poses, arm balances and inversions.
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