My martial arts school is located directly across the street from Seattle PacificUniversity and we offer a number of extra curricular activities for college students. SPU is a Methodist school and because of that when I had yoga instructors teaching at my school I made sure they weren’t teaching the classes with a spiritual aspect. One of the yoga instructors that came my way was a young lady named Eza King. I was immediately impressed with her teaching style. She made the programs really fun and exciting while focusing on the physical workouts that yoga could present. Now before I go any further I should state that Power Strength Stretching is not a yoga program. It’s an exciting new work out based on the basic poses and principles of yoga but without any spirituality.
When I talked with Eza I explained to her that I wanted to create a PE program specifically homeschoolers based off of yoga principles but I did not want to delve into the spiritual aspects that yoga a lot of times embraces. I explained that I wanted the emphasis to be more on the workout and I wanted to focus on getting this phenomenal work out while working on enhancing flexibility and balance. Over the course of the next year we created Power Strength Stretching.
This course is designed to step you through the basics with plenty of repetition and review. The program starts with an introduction and overview of safe alignment. Then you begin to build strength in the legs, the core and the spine while learning to breathe slower and deeper. Flexibility is very critical in any athlete’s performance. Even if you don’t need to be highly flexible, gaining and increasing your flexibility will greatly enhance injury prevention and make working-out and performance much safer. This is a fantastic program for students and their parents because it’s a very low-impact work out. This means it’s very safe for your joints but still gives you an incredible workout. We also discuss balance, relaxation, focus and everyday wellness. All workouts include a warm-up and a cool down.
