November 2009 Teacher Enrichment Sessions

Meets Tuesdays 1:30 - 3pm (4 Classes)

Cost $120

Taught by Laura Allard-Antelmi

4 Class Session

Learn four important aspects of teaching good yoga classes: Clarity of Instruction, Observation and Corrections, Demonstration of Poses, and Sequencing of Your Classes.

Tuesday, November 3

Topic: Clarity of Instruction 

In this class you will learn ways to:

• Communicate your knowledge effectively. 
• Give directions in an appropriate orders instruct clearly and succinctly.
• Understand sequencing of instructions in poses.

Tuesday, November 10

Topic: Observation and Correction

• Practice observation skills. 
• Learn ways to make adjustments.
• Improve your confidence in how to adjust students. 
  

Tuesday November 17

Topic: Demonstration Effectiveness

• Learn to demonstrate appropriate observable actions
• Match your verbal cues and demonstration 
• Develop skills to teach to what you see in your students 
• Build confidence in your clarity of presentation 

Tuesday November 24 

Topic: Sequencing Classes

• Learn the effects of the poses and how to sequence them for a variety of effects.
• Learn how to sequence to teach a focused theme class. 
• Become more comfortable in your knowledge base
• Laura will teach several short sequences in this session 

This 4 week course meets on Tuesday afternoon from 3:45 to 5:15pm.

Meets Thursdays 1:30 - 3pm (5 classes)

Cost $90

Taught by Laura Allard-Antelmi

3 Class Session

In 2 classes (5-Nov, 12-Nov) Laura will slowly walk you through the process of teaching and demonstrating asana for the purpose of giving you feedback to improve your teaching skills. This allows you to evaluate yourself as a teacher and gain some concrete insight into what you can work on now. These sessions are open to all levels and styles of yoga. Laura will take the time necessary to create a trusting atmosphere and let you have a look at yoga teaching from the inside.

In each Peer Teaching Session we will be focusing on the Tuesday topic from that week.

The week of 19-Nov we will look at the Anatomy of the Spine and Pelvis and apply that knowledge to peer teaching.

This 3 week course meets on Thursdays afternoons from 3:45 to 5:15pm.