Teaching a group class is a totally different experience than teaching privates. It can be very exhilarating, but frustrating with teaching a multi-level students. Coming up with a structure is very important to keep the flow.
A beginning teacher’s mistakes is trying to give too much information and stopping the flow of the class for too much perfection. Remember everyone has different learning curves. For some, just learning the choreography of the exercise is hard enough.
I am going to teach how to teach breath into an exercise as an example.
Establish first the exercise and the rhythm of the exercise. Inhale for 5 counts, exhale for 5 counts Repeat the set 3-4 times before adding another cue.
Place your hands on your belly. Inhale and widen your back ribs, exhale and narrow your lower abs towards your navel. Repeat the set 3-4 times before adding another cue.
Inhale and widen your back ribs, exhale and narrow &SINKyour lower abs towards your navel. Repeat the set 3-4 times before adding another cue.
Inhale and widen your back ribs, exhale, narrow, sink &LENGTHENyour lower abs towards your HEAD. Repeat the set 3-4 times before adding another cue.
Add this breath rhythm to thigh lift.Repeat the set 3-4 times before adding another cue.
Add this breath rhythm to single leg stretch. Here in the picture are 3 levels of single leg stretch.
Now that you establish the principle of breath and the use of the abdominals. Pick up the speed and related it to other exercises. When someone is not getting an exercise, I either let it go to the next time or …
This is your homework to practice.
For real change to happen, a student must take responsibility about their bodies.
Teaching a group class is a totally different experience than teaching privates. It can be very exhilarating, but frustrating with teaching a multi-level students. Coming up with a structure is very important to keep the flow.
A beginning teacher’s mistakes is trying to give too much information and stopping the flow of the class for too much perfection. Remember everyone has different learning curves. For some, just learning the choreography of the exercise is hard enough.
I am going to teach how to teach breath into an exercise as an example.
Inhale for 5 counts, exhale for 5 counts
Repeat the set 3-4 times before adding another cue.
Inhale and widen your back ribs, exhale and narrow your lower abs towards your navel.
Repeat the set 3-4 times before adding another cue.
Repeat the set 3-4 times before adding another cue.
Repeat the set 3-4 times before adding another cue.
Add this breath rhythm to single leg stretch. Here in the picture are 3 levels of single leg stretch.
Now that you establish the principle of breath and the use of the abdominals. Pick up the speed and related it to other exercises. When someone is not getting an exercise, I either let it go to the next time or …
This is your homework to practice.
For real change to happen, a student must take responsibility about their bodies.