Practice Teach One

The first practice teach will explore how you link individual exercises together and create the container for the experiences of yoga and mindfulness. You will have 20 minutes to teach a small group of your colleagues. For this practice, feel free to utilize prepared notes, but avoid directly from the manual or posture pages. Except where noted, teach directly to the people in your group as they are, offering modifications and variations based on what you observe and experience.

As you prepare for this practice teach, consider especially how you will start, finish, and transition between exercises so as to create a complete experience within the allotted time. Remember the tools of Preparation, Foundation, Exploration, and Integration as you consider your choices and language. You may choose whether to begin and end seated, standing, or lying down, as well as what position to lead the six movements of the spine and teach the Complete Breath from, but please include the following experiences in the following order:

- Centering/ Introduction
- Warm-Ups: Six Movements of the Spine
- Complete Breath - teach as if introducing for the first time
- Half-Sun Salutation: give an experience of each posture, then connect them with breath
- Centering/ Transition

Reflection

After your practice teach, you’ll have a facilitated reflection session with your group. One participant will lead the session by following the prompts. You will have 10 minutes for this facilitated reflection process, followed by a 10-minute break for the next teacher to prepare.

1. For the teacher: Staying with your present experience as much as you can, what are you feeling right now?
2. For the teacher: Focusing on the positive aspects of this experience, what do you want to celebrate? What went well?
3. For the students: What did you enjoy about this experience? What did the teacher say or do that was personally impactful or helpful for you?
4. For the teacher: What challenges did you feel during your practice teach?
5. For the teacher: What are one or two growing edges that you want to focus on in your teaching going forward?

Timetable:

#1: Teach 3:30 - 3:50, Reflection 3:50 - 4:00
#2: Teach 4:10 - 4:30, Reflection 4:30 - 4:40
#3: Teach 4:50 - 5:10, Reflection 5:10 - 5:20