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Welcome to Day 3 🎓
Lesson 3 of 3: Essential Hips
You've made it to the final day of Summer School! 🎓
Today's lesson explores hip extension, a movement we use in everything from Warrior III to lunges and countless transitions in between.
One of the most common teaching challenges is knowing whether a movement is actually coming from the hip...or whether the pelvis and lower back are doing most of the work instead.
In today's lesson, we'll explore simple ways to better understand hip extension and how a few thoughtful cueing changes can help students move from their hips with more clarity, support, and confidence.
👇 Watch today's lesson below. It's a clip from Modern Yoga Essentials, our 10-hour anatomy course for yoga teachers and curious movers.
✏️ Today's Homework
Try today's hip extension exploration in your own body.
As you move, notice:
Can you tell the difference between movement coming from your hip versus movement coming from your pelvis or lower back?
What changes when you focus on moving the leg from the hip instead?
📚 Complete your summer school toolkit
Complete today's homework and we'll send you:
Today's Teacher Toolkit
✔ Class Notes (PDF)
✔ A 15 minute anatomy-informed hip-focused practice
✔ An Anatomy-Informed Sequencing Blueprint to help you bring this week's concepts into your next class
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🎓 Continue the Curriculum
Congratulations on completing Summer School! 🎉
Over the past three lessons, you've experienced just a small sample of what we explore inside Modern Yoga Essentials.
If you've enjoyed learning a more practical, anatomy-informed approach to yoga, we'd love to welcome you into the complete 10-hour course while our annual Summer School Sale is available.
Continue exploring movement, cueing, sequencing, and anatomy in a way that's designed to help you teach with more confidence—and support every body that walks into your class.
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