“What” and “How” to Teach
TEACHING ESSENTIALS
Being a good teacher takes a lot more than knowing technique, or the names of all the exercises. Teaching that helps your students and also keeps you engaged and inspired as a teacher comes down to understanding WHY you’re teaching what you teach, and the flavor of HOW you transfer this info to your students.
In this lesson we explore how you can think bigger about your work, and lay down the foundation of your new teaching gig.
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Movement Intentions
TEACHING ESSENTIALS
How do you know how to build a class? In this lesson, you will nail down the movement intentions (with a little bit of anatomy) behind each exercise, so you can make choices based on functional intentions and movement goals. Once you understand the big picture behind each exercise, you’ll be able to look at your students and decide what exercises and sequences would best suit their needs in that moment.
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Mindful Movement
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Creating a safe space and guiding your students to experience non judgemental movement, while at the same time improving their body’s function, strength, and endurance, is the sweet spot, right? In this lecture and the resources in this lesson, we discover practical ways to help enhance a student’s nervous system, and to help them find a deeper connection to their body.
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Anatomy of the “Core”
TEACHING ESSENTIALS
In this lesson, we’re uncovering what the “core” is and what it isn’t, so you can effectively cue and teach the foundational concepts like “breathing”, “torso hug”, “neutral spine” and more! We recommend using an anatomy app and pausing the video while you check out each muscle on your app.
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Your Voice is Your Magic: How to Cue
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What you say and how you use your voice is one of the most important aspects of your teaching. In this lesson, you will first learn a formula that will teach you good verbal cueing habits, and next, you will learn tools to help you keep your students engaged and connected to your voice and their bodies throughout class.
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HOW TO OBSERVE
In this lesson, you will learn and practice other aspects of observation that more directly help students enhance their proprioception and build a more responsive nervous system.
Homework:
Time to really observe the person you’re teaching. You can focus on the student's response to the various techniques that you use with them (use the table in the PDF). For example, do you observe them as being able to follow your instructions better, when you "build and layer" your cueing? How about when you add visual imagery? Or do you observe that the student can sense themselves more in space when you begin the class with breath work?
💡Observing the student's responses is not easy, but it is essential to your teaching. So spend at least 20% of your practice session looking for clues that give you info about what works with the student you're observing. Spend a few minutes after the next 10 sessions writing notes about what worked well and what didn't. Are you noticing any pattens?