Teaching Methodology. The 4 Tools of Teaching

Question 1

What are the 4 tools of teaching?

Answer 1

Instructions
Demonstration
Observation
Adjustments

Question 2

What is the PRIMARY way of guiding a class?

Answer 2

Instructions

Question 3

Why do we teach yoga?

Answer 3

To develop awareness

Question 4

Instructions: what should we ask our students?

Answer 4

We should invite students to practice with an alert awareness and friendly and compassionate mind.

Question 5

Why do we develop awareness?

Answer 5

We develop awareness not to judge or punish ourselves but, through observing and understanding, making the transformation

Question 6

How should our voice be when we instruct?

Answer 6

loud but soft and melodious (adjust your volume to the size of the group and the venue)

Question 7

What should we do to avoid sounding monotone?

Answer 7

We should use different intonations.

Maybe speak louder to encourage the students during a difficult posture, and softer during restorative postures and meditation).

Question 8

Instructions tips:

Answer 8

Choose your focus (depending on the focus of the class): alignment, flow, awareness

Give suggestions for inhalations and exhalations, especially for Vinyasa Flow classes

Sometimes, just don’t speak – silence is very beautiful!

Integrate indications, benefits, contra-indications

Question 9

When we talk about alignment, we should start from where?

Answer 9

start from the feet and work your way up

Question 10

When going into alignment in a very detailed manner, what should we be aware of?

Answer 10

how long the students are standing in the posture. We should be aware of how long the students are standing in the posture.

Question 11

If you do not have the strength to use your muscular energy properly, what could happen?

Answer 11

There is a chance that they damage their ligaments and tendons

Question 12

Slowing down the class can benefit both beginners and advanced students. How so?

Answer 12

It makes it less confusing for beginners and challenges advanced because they have to go slow which develops stamina and muscle strength.

Question 13

We don’t want to demonstrate TOO much. Why?

Answer 13

Demonstrating whilst teaching prevents you from walking around and being available for the class and your students. It may also be challenging for the students to hear you properly (try giving clear instructions while in downward facing dog ).

Also, if you are demonstrating you can’t properly observe what is going on, you can’t adequately adjust your students.

Question 14

When teaching a class what should I remember?

Answer 14

That this is NOT my own practice!

Question 15

Always combine demonstration with..?

Answer 15

instruction

Question 16

In demonstration, we should..?

Answer 16

Mirror! Especially in twists, inform the students that you are mirroring to avoid any confusion.

Question 17

When observing, what should we do if we see a student wandering?

Answer 17

We can ask them to gently come back or simply include a more challenging balancing posture. That usually works

Question 18

What can we do while observing the breathing patterns of students?

Answer 18

gently invite or guide the group or individual student to breathe calmly

Question 19

When observing we try to observe the musculoskeletal alignment. Why is it tricky as a beginning teacher?

Answer 19

You might look but not actually see what is happening.

Question 20

When looking at the musculoskeletal alignment what can we keep in mind?

Answer 20

Scan the body from feet to head. Sometimes something seems ‘wrong’ in the torso or hip area, but that can very often be ‘corrected’ by adjusting the feet

What is the purpose of the posture? For example in a downward dog we want to lengthen the spine, so look for that. Then adjust the feet or knees, or arms, or hands to achieve that

Question 21

When it comes to awareness, what should we remember for beginner students?

Answer 21

Most beginners have very little bodily awareness.

Question 22

What can we do for kinesthetic individuals)?

Answer 22

We can come and fixes them in the proper position so that they can memorize how the pose feels. Manual adjustment!

Question 23

Manual adjustment is done when and why?

Answer 23

his step is done last so that you don’t need to spend a lot of time adjusting everyone if you have done the steps prior to this one. Just spot the people that still don’t “get it”.

Question 24

Before you adjust anything, what should we check?

Answer 24

We check that the base is stable – adjust from the ground up

Question 25

Instead of pressing down on anything, what should we rather do?

Answer 25

We should rather apply pressure in a specific direction that is appropriate for the necessary result

Question 26

What is the difference between compression and tension?

Answer 26

The force that tries to elongate a body or an object is called tension. … The force that tries to shorten the body or an object is called compression