Activity Analysis Yoga and Pilates

Leslie Ramos
Kristin Caroza
OCCT506
Activity Analysis of Yoga and Pilates
1. Occupation:
Categorization of occupation for the client:
Subcategory:
1. Activities of daily living
2. Instrumental activities of daily living
Health management and
maintenance
3. Education
4. Work
5. Play
6. Leisure
Participation
7. Social participation
Peer/Friend
2. Objects and their properties required:
Tools: Yoga Mat
Materials: Bottle of water (for drinking)
Equipment: MP3 player with speaker
Properties: Grip on yoga mat
3. Space demands:
Size: A gym or room large enough for 18 people to perform yoga and pilates.
Arrangement: Empty and open room to fit 18 yoga mats on the floor.
Surface: Smooth flooring is preferable with a hard wood or tile surface.
Lighting: Neutral lighting that is bright enough to see instructor.
Temperature: Preferably a cool temperature so that it is comfortable for
physical activity.
Humidity: Not a requirement for this activity.
Noise:
o Pilates: Music allowed to help energize participants
o Yoga: Calmer music to help with meditation and breathing
Ventilation: Enough circulation to promote better breathing when doing
physical activity.
4. Social demands:
Social Environment: Activity does not require speaking to others, however,
participants could encourage one another with positive feedback throughout
doing the harder levels of poses.
Cultural and Virtual Context:
o Cultural: Understand that other people come from different
backgrounds of having either high levels of athleticism or not. It is
important to be respectful of all of the varying levels of the
participants.
o Virtual Context: Participants may want to take pictures and possibly
share their experience doing pilates and yoga with social media.
Rules and Norms:
Copyright SLACK Incorporated, 2012. Thomas, H. Occupation-Based Activity Analysis: Thorofare, NJ:
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Social norms will include quietly paying attention to the instructor so

that all participants can hear.
5. Sequence and timing: Warrior 1 Pose

1. Start off standing at the front of the yoga mat.
2. Place one foot behind the body and toward the back of the mat.
3. Bend the front knee no further than 90 degrees.
4. Keep the back ankle raised with only the toes and ball of the foot on the
ground for stabilization.
5. Find balance
6. Flex both shoulders with extended elbows as if person is reaching toward the
ceiling with both hands.
7. Hold for 5 breaths.
8. Bring hands back down to the sides of the body.
9. Bring back foot forward next to the front foot.
10. Repeat steps 1-10 with the opposite foot.
6. Body functions required:
Function
How It Is Used
Judgment
Knowing when to
modify a pose
based on your
flexibility or level
of athleticism.
Watching the
instructor as
he/she is
describing each
pose and
translating that
information to do
the position with
their own body.
A person should
know their own
learning style.
For example, if a
person is more
visual it is
important that
they place
themselves closer
to the instructor
Concept formation
Metacognition
None
Minimally
Challenged
Greatly
Challenged
Cognitive flexibility
Insight/awareness
Concentration
Sustained attention
Selective attention
Divided attention
so that they can

see the poses
better.
If a person is
unable to do
certain poses or if
it were to be too
easy for them,
they should have
the cognitive
flexibility to do
the modifications
that will adjust to
their level.
A person should
know their
physical strengths
or weaknesses to
know if they
should do easier
or harder
modifications of
poses.
It is important to
pay attention to
the instructor in
order to guide
participants into
correct body
positioning for
poses.
Participants will
sustain visual
attention to the
instructor for a
pose.
Participants need
to focus on their
own body
positioning and
not compare their
abilities with their
classmates.
If music is being
played in the
Short-term memory
Working memory
Long-term memory
Discrimination of
senses: Auditory
Discrimination of
senses: Tactile
Discrimination of
senses: Visual
background
participants will
be able listen to it
while paying
attention to the
instructor.
It is possible that
when the
instructor is
speaking,
participants may
forget what
he/she said
shortly after.
Participants will
pay attention to
the instructor
while being able
to do the pose
themselves at the
same time.
It is possible that
participants will
remember poses
they did in class
when they do
another yoga
class in the
future.
Focusing on the
breath and
listening to it
while doing a
pose.
Feeling the
rubbery mat that
helps give grip
while holding
poses.
If participants did
not understand
the verbal
directions of the
instructor, they
could look at
Discrimination of
senses: Olfactory
Discrimination of
senses: Vestibularproprioception
Multisensory processing
Sensory Memory
him/her to learn
to do the pose.
When poses
become more
difficult, it is
possible to smell
sweat.
Vestibular:
Participants will
understand their
body while trying
to balance during
certain poses.
Gravity correcting
muscles will help
them sustain,
pose.
Proprioception:
Participants must
understand their
upper extremities
in relation to the
rest of their
bodies to be able
to execute
positions.
Participants will
use different
senses at the
same time.
Listening to the
instructor, paying
attention to how
the body feels,
smelling possible
sweat of people
around you, and
the taste of water
when you need to
drink it during
physical activity.
When listening to
the instructor
during yoga,
Spatial relationships
Temporal relationships
Recognition
Categorization
Generalization
participants are
momentarily
listening to each
word that he/she
is saying to make
sense of their
directions.
Clients will need
to set up the yoga
mats at a good
distance away
from each other
to perform
movements
comfortably.
Yoga instructors
should have an
understanding of
how long their
participants can
sustain certain
poses especially
ones that are
more difficult.
The instructors
would be able to
recognize the
facial expressions
of their
participants to
know if they are
having a hard
time and
adjusting their
class to easier
poses.
Categorizing the
different
movements of
yoga versus
pilates.
People who are
familiar to basic
stretches could
translate their
Awareness of reality
Logical/coherent
thought
Appropriate thought
content
Mental functions of
sequencing complex
movement
knowledge or
ability to specific
poses.
While doing
certain poses, a
person could
meditate and
imagine that they
are somewhere
else. However,
they should be
able to come
back to reality
and understand
that they are at
Touro University.
Participants
should make the
logical thought of
wearing the
proper attire to
perform yoga and
pilates.
Participants will
focus the poses
that they are
doing as opposed
to drifting off and
thinking about
other things like
homework,
school, and their
anatomy exams.
Participants will
know how to
control their
movements to
poses. This is
especially
important to
doing poses that
require flexibility
because
participants will
need to have the
Regulation and range of

emotion
Appropriateness of
emotion
Coping
Behavioral regulation
Body image
mental
functioning of
sequencing
complex
movement in an
appropriate speed
so that they dont
hurt themselves
while stretching.
Participants will
have to control
their frustrations
if they were
having difficulty
doing a pose.
Participant will
have a neutral
affect in this
activity.
However,
participants
should be relaxed
and show signs of
having a good
time.
If participants
were having a
hard time in their
lives personally,
yoga is very good
for helping them
calm down, relax,
and cope with
their emotions.
Participants will
regulate their
frustrations when
doing difficult
poses.
Since pilates and
yoga is a
strenuous
physical activity,
those who are not
in active shape
Self-concept
Self-esteem
Arousal
Consciousness
Orientation to self
may feel insecure

while doing
certain poses.
Participants are
occupational
therapy students
learning about
the activity of
yoga and pilates
and possible
benefits of using
this occupation in
their future
practice as an OT.
Participants
should put
themselves in a
positive mindset
and believe that
they can
complete the
activity of yoga
and pilates.
While doing
certain positions
it is acceptable to
engage in
meditation,
however,
participants
should respond to
verbal stimuli of
the instructor to
move on to the
next position.
Participants must
be alert
throughout
direction of the
instructor while
also being aware
of their
classmates
around them.
Instructor may
Orientation to place
Orientation to time
Orientation to others
Energy level
call on
participants and
they should know
their own names
when they are
called.
Participants will
know that they
are at school in
Touro University
and not in a real
yoga/pilates
studio.
Participants
should know that
they are required
to be in class at
1:00pm on
September 3,
2014.
Participant should
understand that
other people in
the class are
members of their
Occupational
Therapy cohort.
Participants
should maintain a
high energy level,
especially with
the fact that it is
a physical activity.
Function
How It Is Used
Motivation
Participants may
be motivated to
do this activity for
a participation
grade in OCCT
506.
Participants
should refrain
from asking too
many questions
Impulse control
None
Minimally
Challenged
Greatly
Challenged
while the
instructor is
teaching the class
Appetite
Sleep
Detection/registration
Visual modulation
Integration of senses
Awareness at distances
Tolerance of ambient
sounds
X
Participant should
get a good
amount of rest
the night before
because yoga and
pilates takes up a
lot of energy.
Participants need
to be able to
identify where
they are on the
mat throughout
the activity.
(center, side,
bottom, top)
Participants must
focus on the
movements of the
instructor as
opposed to their
classmates
around them.
While listening to
the instructor,
participants will
also feel the
rubbery mat
underneath them.
Participants must
remain over their
mat throughout
the activity.
When they are
moving too far
from the edge of
the mat, they
must move closer
to the middle.
If there is chatter
outside of the
gym, participants
will ignore the
sound and
continue to pay
attention to
instructor.
Location and distance
of sounds
Moving against gravity
Taste
Smell
Body in space
Comfort with touch
Localizing pain
Thermal awareness
X
Participants must
stand, sit up right,
and move their
limbs to get into
positions that are
against gravity.
The taste of water
when participants
need a drink.
The smell of the
gym and sweat of
other
participants.
Participants must
understand their
body and space
to protect joints
from damage
while doing
certain poses.
Participants may
feel pressure on
their hands
against the mat.
If they feel any
strain in their
body while doing
certain poses,
they can identify
where it is and
safely stop doing
positions if they
feel any pain.
Participants may
feel the cold
touch of the gym
floor if they were
Joint mobility
Joint stability/alignment
Muscle power
Muscle tone
Muscle endurance
Stretch reflex
to leave their
mat.
Full range of
motion of upper
extremities is
needed to hold
certain poses.
Participants will
learn how to
perform poses
without injuring
joints. For
example, keeping
the back straight
when doing a
squat.
Participants must
have enough
muscle power to
carry their own
body weight as a
form of resistance
to do poses.
Fluctuates
throughout the
activity. Certain
poses allow
relaxed muscle
tone (savasana)
while others
require high tone
to maintain
proper posture.
Each pose will be
a few minutes
long. Participants
must sustain
muscle
contraction long
enough until the
next pose.
Participants must
understand how
their body feels
when it is being
overly stretched
while performing
certain poses.
ATNR
STNR
Righting and supporting
reflex
Eye-hand coordination
Bilateral coordination
Crossing midline
Fine motor control
Gross motor control
X
X
If a person is
doing a position
that requires
balance, their
righting and
supporting
reflexes should be
working so that
they do not fall.
Placing hands on
the desired areas
of the mat to help
support the rest
of the body for
poses.
Placing both
hands on the
ground for poses
that help stabilize
the body such as
plank pose.
Participants will
do twisting
stretches which
require them to
reach for their
contralateral side.
Participants will
use their fine
motor control to
reach for their
toes in a forward
bend stretch.
When the
participants are
doing the warrior
pose they will use
their gross motor
control to spread
their legs into a
Occulomotor control
Gait patterns
Blood pressure
Heart rate
Respiratory rate
Respiratory rhythm
deep lunge while

extending their
arms overhead.
The class will
scan around the
gym to make sure
that they have
enough space
between
themselves and
the other
participants so
they can perform
yoga and pilates.
When the class
first enters the
gym, they will
need to walk to
their desired area.
Blood pressure
will increase with
heighted physical
activity especially
during pilates
abdominal
exercises.
Heart rate will
increase with
heighted
repetition of
pilates
movements.
When the
participants
engage in
meditation during
relaxing yoga
poses, respiratory
rate will decrease
to a resting rate.
After the yoga
and pilates
activity,
respiratory
rhythm will
Respiratory depth
Physical endurance,
aerobic capacity
Voice functions
Voice rhythm and
fluency
Alternative vocalization
increase.
Difficult positions
in yoga and
pilates it will
require heavier
breathing
because of a
higher need for
oxygen.
Activity will
require a
moderate to high
stamina to be
able to sustain
difficult yoga and
pilates poses.
Students would
typically not be
engaging in
conversation.
Students will
begin the class
and chant the
word om
together.
Digestive system
Metabolic system
Endocrine system
Urinary functions
Genital and
reproductive function
Protective functions of
the skin
Repair functions of the
skin
x
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
7. Muscular analysis of movements required:

Muscle
Shoulder
Shoulder
Shoulder
Shoulder
Shoulder
Not Used
flexion
extension
abduction
adduction
internal
Minimally
Challenged
Greatly
Challenged
X
X
X
X
X
rotation
Shoulder external
rotation
Elbow flexion
Elbow extension
Wrist supination
Wrist pronation
Wrist flexion
Wrist extension
Thumb flexion
Thumb abduction
Finger flexion
Finger extension
Trunk flexion
Trunk extension
Trunk rotation
Lower extremities
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
x
X
x
8. Performance skills required:

Skill- Motor
How It Is Used
Aligns
During the
meditative process
of yoga,
participants will
stand up straight
and engage in
their core.
Yoga and pilates
requires a lot of
transitional poses.
Participants must
be able move on to
the next
movement without
losing balance.
Participants must
make sure that the
yoga mat is
directly
underneath them.
When the
participants
initially start the
class, they will
Stabilizes
Positions
Reaches
None
Minimally
Challenged
Greatly
Challenged
Bends
Grips
Manipulates
Coordinates
Moves
Lifts
Walks
Transports
Calibrates
Flows
have to reach and

grab one yoga
mat.
Participants will do
stretching
exercises in which
requires them to
bend and reach to
the end of the mat.
X
Participants will
use their hands to
unravel a rolled up
yoga mat.
X
Participants will
pull their yoga
mats to a desired
place on the floor
of the gym.
After the activity,
participants will
have to pick up
their yoga mat and
return it back to
the instructor.
In the beginning of
the activity,
participants will
walk to an open
area of the gym.
When first arriving
at the gym, the
participants will
grab one yoga mat
from the instructor
and bring it to a
desired location in
the gym.
X
Participants will
unravel a yoga
mat before the
class and roll it up
when the class is
over.
Endures
Paces
Endurance
depends on the
task. During yoga,
energy should
generally be high
as opposed to
pilates. Pilates
requires more
energy and
participants may
be easily tired.
Participants should
be able to follow
all of the poses as
taught by the
instructor for the
whole entire
session.
Skill- Process
How It Is Used
Paces
This will vary

depending on
participants past
experience. If they
have experience
doing yoga and
pilates, they will
be able to follow
the poses in a
smoother manner.
However, if they
have never done
yoga or pilates
before, it may be
slower as they are
trying to learn the
poses.
When the
participants are
doing a balancing
exercise, it will be
important for them
to focus on
something in front
of them to help
Attends
None
Minimally
Challenged
Greatly
Challenged
Heeds
Chooses
Uses
Handles
Inquires
Initiates
Continues
Sequences
Terminates
maintain their
pose.
Participants will try
to complete all of
the poses as
taught by the
instructor.
Participants may
choose what kind
of yoga mat they
want to use.
Participants will
use a yoga mat to
help provide
cushion from the
hard floor surface.
X
Participants may
ask questions
about
modifications for
certain poses if
they are too
difficult.
Participants will
move on to the
next yoga pose as
told by the
instructor without
hesitation.
Participants will
sustain a yoga
pose for a least a
few minutes.
Participants will be
doing a sequence
of warrior poses
that all interrelate
and will be
repeated a couple
of times
throughout the
class.
Participants will
hold a pose until
Searches/locates
Gathers
Organizes
Restores
Navigates
Notices/responds
Adjusts
the instructor
allows them to let
go of it.
Participants who
have a yoga mat
of their own will
search their home
for it prior to
coming to class.
Participants will
gather water in a
water bottle before
the class.
Participants will
place a water
bottle close
enough for them
to reach it if they
need to drink it but
also far enough to
not knock it over.
Participants will
return their yoga
mat to the
instructor if they
borrowed one.
Participants will
make sure that
they dont bump
into their
classmates while
doing the poses.
At the end of the
activity, if one of
the participants
sees that one of
the yoga mats
were left behind,
they will pick it up
and return to the
instructors.
If a participant
cannot see the
instructor, they
can move their
Accommodates
Benefits
yoga mat to see

he/she better.
Participants should
make sure that
they are closer to
the instructor if
they have poor
hearing or poor
vision.
Bringing a bottle
water to the class
in order to prevent
dehydration.
Skill- Social
interaction
How It Is Used
Approaches/starts
Allowed to
approach
instructor after the
activity to give
compliments or
constructive
criticism of the
class.
Participants will
respectfully stop
conversations to
allow the
instructor to teach
the class.
In the beginning
and end of the
yoga and pilates
activity, people
can greet each
other by bowing.
Produces speech
Gesticulates
Speaks fluently
Turns Toward
Looks
None
Minimally
Challenged
Greatly
Challenged
Participants will
face the instructor
throughout the
class.
When people greet
each other by
saying Namaste
with a bow, they
should give each
other eye contact.
Places self
Touches
Regulates
Questions
Replies
Discloses
Expresses emotion
Disagrees
Thanks
Transitions
Times response
Times duration
Provide enough
space between
classmates so that
they are
comfortable doing
the yoga and
pilates activity.
X
X
Participants may
ask for further
direction from the
instructors by
raising their hands
during class.
X
X
Participants may
speak to the
instructor about
how they felt
about the class
afterwards.
X
Participants may
thank the
instructor for
teaching them
about yoga and
pilates.
X
If the instructor
greets the
participants by
saying Namaste
they will respond
in a timely
manner.
If participants
make a comment
during the lesson,
they should keep
their statements
short so that the
instructor can
continue to teach
the class.
Takes turns
Matches language
Clarifies
Acknowledges and
encourages
Empathizes
Heeds
Accommodates
Benefits
X
X
If participants are
confused about
how to do a pose,
they can ask for
further direction
from the instructor.
Participants may
encourage one
another through
hard yoga poses to
motivate them to
sustain the
position.
Participants will
understand if other
classmates are
having a hard time
performing the
poses and
empathize with
them.
If a participant
does not have a
yoga mat of their
own, they may ask
the yoga instructor
if they can borrow
one.
Participants will be
supportive of their
classmates and
will avoid teasing
or insulting them
during the
instruction.
Participants will
put their phones
away so it does
not disturb the
class from the
lesson.

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Leslie Ramos

Social norms will include quietly paying attention to the instructor so

5. Sequence and timing: Warrior 1 Pose

so that they can

Regulation and range of

may feel insecure

Comfort with touch

Fine motor control

Gross motor control

deep lunge while

7. Muscular analysis of movements required:

8. Performance skills required:

have to reach and

This will vary

yoga mat to see

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