PE3 Yoga (intermediate level) in UP Diliman

Starts next semester.  

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World Vegetarian Awareness Month

 

For activities that you can do this month, 

visit the world vegetarian day website here.

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Thanks to Chona for sharing the info.

It's been more than a month since my last post.  I wasn't planning of posting anything until I read Chona's entry on the world vegetarian awareness month.

This week is the last week of classes at the university.  My tue-thu pe2 yoga class will be having a vegetarian feast tomorrow so it will be our way of celebrating this campaign.

Om.

Yoga Asana Demonstration

INDAKAN 2010

Culminating activity of all dance and movement-based classes at the 

University of the Philippines Diliman 

College of Human Kinetics 

General Physical Education Program.

March 2010.

Uploaded on youtube by Prof. Mynette Aguilar.

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I wore my Polar F4 heart rate (HR) monitor during practice this morning to record exercise HR.  Resting heart rate (RHR) for this morning was above average at 68 beats per minute (bpm) but high based on my past RHR.  The last time I checked it was 56 bpm.  The average resting heart rate for men my age is between 71 to 74 bpm (Topend Sports, 2010).

With the RHR, I computed my HR training zone using Karvonen formula.  Calculated training zones at 50-85% maximum HR is 129-172 bpm.  I updated the user setting of my HR monitor and it was ready to go.

Here is the summary:

• Duration: 35.08 minutes
• In zone: 0 minutes
• Average HR: 92 bpm
• Max HR: 123 bpm
• Calories: 120 kcal

I did a basic practice which includes 5 surya A, 5 surya B, padangusthasana, padahasthasana, trikonasana A and B, parsvakonasana A and modified B, prasaritta padottanasana ABCD, parsvottanasana, uttitha hasta padangusthasana ABC, ardha baddha padmottanasana, utkatasana, virabadhrasana A and B, paschimattanasana A and C, purvottanasana, and the last three closing poses, yogamudrasana, padmasana, and utpluthih.

I turned on the HR monitor 10 seconds before I started the first surya A while standing in tadasana, and turned it off 5 seconds after landing from the last jump through, before savasana.

What does this tell us?

Because the data showed that no time was spent within the target training zone, we can say that the intensity of the basic program is not high enough to reach cardiovascular level, at least for me.  I'm fairly fit and I've been doing this for a long time.  Plus I was focusing on my breathing and regulating it consciously.

The story might be different for someone who is sedentary and has been active for a while.

I believe it is possible though to raise the heart rate up to at least 50% of my THR if I would jump higher and contract my big muscle groups more.  In that case, however, I will be doing exercise and not yoga asanas.

Until next time.

Om.

UP CHK Community Recreation Yoga Program

First Semester Schedule

August 14-October 16, 2010

10 Saturdays

Yoga

10:30-12:00

Archery Room

Php1750 for 10 sessions

ReCREATE Yourself! Register Now!

25% discount for all UP Employees

College of Human Kinetics

2nd Floor Administrative Office

Ylanan Gymnasium, UP Diliman, Quezon City

For inquiries

Please call telephone nos. 929-6033; 981-8500 local 4128, 4130

Yoga 4 Isko

PE2 Yoga at the UP Diliman College of Human Kinetics.  

This is the archery range room that has been converted to multi-purpose exercise room.  I asked the Dean if we can develop it into a mind-body room.  Put some decorations and make it really conducive for holistic fitness programs like yoga, pilates, or tai-chi.  This semester, it is the venue for pilates, yoga, and ball-and-band PE courses.

I like the place because it's quiet and away from the noise of dribbling balls and banging iron plates.  One of my yoga classes is at the dance studio.  It is more spacious but not very conducive for yoga.

The students at the archery range room are also more focused compared to the students in the dance studio.  I have about 3 noisy students who can't seem to perform the asanas without giving side comments.  

It's inspiring to observe them sitting quietly though at the end of each session...  sitting quietly... focusing on the breath... stilling the mind.

Om shanti, shanti, shanti.

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University students in the Philippines are required to take 4 general physical education courses as part of the requirements for graduation.  While it is recommended that the students finish their PE requirements in the first two years of their undergraduate studies, some also prefer to take it on their last two years.  Most universities follow the curriculum set by the Commission on Higher Education but because UP provides more freedom to students in choosing the types of activities that they want to enroll in.  In UP, the students can choose from a wide array of PE activities ranging from traditional ball games, fitness exercises, dance, to recreational activities.

PE2 Yoga is a 60-minute twice a week course which runs for 16 weeks per semester.

At the end of the course, the students are able to perform the basic ashtanga sequence (up to purvottanasan then closing) on the own.  Some poses like the wheel and tripod headstand are also introduced towards the end of the course to add elements of fun, challenge, and excitement.

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Did I tell you that we do the class in the middle of the day?  I have 4 sections this semester.  WF 1-2pm and TTh 11-12, 12-1, 1-2.

Hot yoga, anyone?

Yoga 4 Isko

The goal... to create awareness and bring yoga to the Filipino youth.

 Participants in balasana or child's pose.

 Ekam... inhale...

 Saluting to the sun...

 Dve... exhale...

 Shat... exhale...

 In padmasana (lotus) practicing a simple breathing exercise.

 My teacher's vision continues...

Stillness.

OM

Yoga 4 Isko

Join us next Wednesday, February 24, 1-2 or 2-3pm.

Vanguard Rooftop.

Please bring your own mat.

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Promoting yoga to the future leaders of this nation.