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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Silas Rainier Montesh Jr
First Year |  1 of 4 Amigos Don't underestimate me!
SPOILER!!: the professor Quote:
Originally Posted by Roselyn  SPOILER!!: answers
A good start to the answers, but it was only a small part of the reason Medea had them start with yoga positions. "While true..." she smiled. "It is not the main reason. Good though."
Medea nodded slowly as he answered, and her smiled widened a little more during the second portion. "Yes, that was part of the main reason. Good."
"Not exactly relax, no." she chuckled softly. "Focusing more on the multi-tasking aspect of it. Good."
Oh? And now she was back to Alyssa. There was the part she was looking for in the answers. "Concentration is indeed one of the main reason, yes." she smiled. "Definitely don't vont that spell to fail."
Her reason on flexibility actually sounded painful in the Professor's opinion. Stretch out your bones? "Concentration is one of the main reasons." she nodded, accepting the girl's answer. "Good."
Truth be told, she had indeed wondered if there was any physical aspect of education in the student's curriculum here. "Not...really, no. Though that is a good idea." What better class to get your exercise in than defense class?
Just how many scowls would she receive if she admitted that was a very tiny reason in which she chose to do yoga? "In a vay, I suppose. Yes."
The young Slytherin had a few good reasons. "Dueling can indeed be a difficult and strenuous task." she nodded slowly. "Though one class von't make you an expert vith your agility. You build that up over time." Meaning it wasn't one of the reasons she was looking for. "Good thoughts though."
Medea smiled, but shook her head 'no'. "You don't necessarily need strong muscles to duel efficiently, nor the strongest of spells. The vay you duel is vot counts."
"I can't it's not important..." she chuckled. "It does have it's uses, though not the reason I had in mind."
Medea nodded. "Yes, that is indeed one of the main reasons."
"Concentration, yes." she nodded.
The Hufflepuff girl had hit them all on the mark. "Some which are more important than others, but in general, yes." she nodded. "Good."
Potions...?
Eyebrows raising a little, her gaze settled on the young Slytherin girl, whom she recognized as one of the students who was not in her previous lesson. "Concentration is one the reasons, though not mainly to concentrate on your body and the positions I everyone do. Good though."
"In a vay...I suppose." she nodded, contemplating the girl's answer. Not entirely the main reason, but close enough. "Good."
"You were on the right track vith the first suggestion." she chuckled.
"I don't know how one could become more flexible vith just one lesson, but focusing was a main reason, yes." It must've been some serious yoga session then.
"A good reason to do so, but not the reason I had you all do a few of the poses." she smiled before moving on to the next student.
"For some, yes." she nodded. Though whether that was the girl's answer or just a question in general...Medea moved on to the next student anyway.
"Indeed it does." she nodded with a smile. "Though unfortunately, not the reason I had you all do so."
Oh, here was something new being said. "You're on the right track."
"True indeed." she smiled, yet shook her head a little. "Not one of the main reasons I had you all do so, but good thoughts."
"Flexibility could help in a duel, yes, although it's not vot I vos going for. You're on the right track vith concentration."
"That vould indeed be a great advantage." she nodded. "Though I vos more going vith the focus. Good thoughts."
Breathing was indeed a good thing to do just in general. She kept that comment to herself though. "It is." she nodded. "Though I don't think one lesson on the topic vould make one an expert." Meaning it wasn't what she was going for. "Good thoughts though."
Medea nodded slowly, her smile widening a little more. It seemed Miss Hollingberry had thought a little more on the subject. "You are indeed on the right track from vot I vos going for." she nodded. "Good."
Well someone knew a little something about yoga. It had Medea smiling. "As brilliant as that sounds, it's not the main reason I had in mind. Though you may be on the right track vith raising awareness." Well, those were some better answers than she had at the beginning of the previous lesson. None of the creeped her out. "Most of you were on the right track vith vot I vos going for. However, there vos also a reason for the dark room as vell, as it ties in vith the yoga. Many of you, or even only a few of you, may have noticed that a few of your other senses were kicking into overdrive since your sense of sight vos blinded. Perhaps even letting you think a bit more clearly since you aren't distracted vith too many objects in front of you."
Having switched stretching her arms already, she started with stretching her legs. "I had you all do a few yoga positions to counter your train of thoughts. Challenge you if you vill. You could've thought clearly in the dark since ve were only going over review, something in which you should have been comfortable vith, but since I added in that little challenge, it made it that more difficult for you to do. Many of you right now had mentioned a bit of multi-tasking during dueling, or some encounter against your opponent, and most of the time, it vill not be in your comfort zone. The circumstances can vary depending on the outcome, but the end result is still the same, sometimes even making you frustrated to point of losing altogether."
"So, that is vot ve'll be vorking on today. Taking you out of your comfort zone. One of you had suggested it last lesson..." Though she forgot which. "Our five senses and how they come in handy during dueling, or in other vords, how to duel when one of them is taken away. You all know your five senses. Sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Which one do you think is the most important during dueling? And which is the least important?" 
Justin listened intently to what the prfessor was saying about how yoga is important to learn. Then he raised his hand once again, " Professor, I think the least important sense to be able to use during a duel would be sight. And the most important would be the sense of touch. Because the sense of sight is not always necessary because your opponent is not always visible. while the sense of touch can be used to detect even the slightest movement. "
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