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Location: Oregon | So far, I like what I'm getting from StreetYoga in preparation for their training. The materials give a pretty detailed run down of the sessions. And... fair warning of the what they're going to ask us to lead during the training. Yikes! Of course that makes complete sense. But I've never really taught or lead a class, besides showing my daughter poses, and I'm betting most of the folks attending will already be instructors. I'm a bit nervous, kids don't scare me, adults do. |
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Location: Oregon | For what amounted to 15 hours of training, I thought it was pretty good. Yes, we talked about Yoga, but the focus was really the population you're going to work with. It did bring up some stuff for me. One of the things I really liked about what the founder asked, was what are your needs as an instructor/volunteer? Why are you doing this? Constantly check in with that, was his point.
Another thing that made alot of sense, was that if you want to start something like in your own community, don't do it alone. Because getting the kids to trust you and believe in you is important. What you want to avoid, if possible, is not having the program end because the one person who made it happen is sick or runs out of energy.
What's nice, is that I found there's two other instructors here in my town, both with ties to the program. So maybe I can just jump in the rotation, or be a cover person for vacations and sick days, etc. However, I'm still not certain I'll be teaching Yoga. This will be good for me when I volunteer to just work a regular shift.
Definitely a positive experience. Time will tell how it prepared me for actually teaching a class. |
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