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Planning a Vinyasa for Self and Class

AIMS OF UNIT ONE – There will be: a CD with an introduction to the course
1)    TO WORK WITH ONE MAIN POSTURE IN A VINYASA
2)    TO APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND WORKING IN THIS WAY
OBJECTIVES – There will be: a CD with a guided talk through the first vinyasa
1)    TO PRACTICE THE GIVEN VINYASA AROUND THE ONE MAIN POSTURE
2)     TO BE AWARE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE PRACTICE
AIMS OF UNIT TWO AND THREE – There will be: a lesson plan for these vinyasas
1)    TO WORK WITH THREE MAIN POSTURES IN A VINYASA
2)    TO BE AWARE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE VINYASA
OBJECTIVES
1)    TO PRACTICE THE GIVEN VINYASA  AROUND THE THREE POSTURES IN A PRESCRIBED SEQUENCE
2)    TO FEEL THE BENEFITS OF WORKING IN THIS  WAY
AIMS OF UNIT FOUR – There will be notes on the postures to be used
1)    TO BUILD A VINYASA DESIGNED AS THOSE IN THE PREVIOUS UNITS
2)     TO USE THREE GIVEN POSTURES TO WORK WITH IN THE PRESCRIBED SEQUENCE
OBJECTIVES
1)    TO  BUILD  A VINYASA AROUND THE THREE POSTURES USING THE SLIBS FORMULA
2)    TO SELECT APPROPRIATE  POSTURES TO PREPARE FOR THE MAIN POSTURES
3)    TO USE APPROPRIATE COUNTERPOSE IN THE VINYASA
TEACHING MATERIAL USED ON THE COURSE
Approximately 20 pages in the course pack.  An audio CD with an introduction to the course and a guided talk through of the first vinyasa sequence
METHODS OF PRESENTING THE SUBJECT
Practising the vinyasa in units one, two and three
Planning a vinyasa around three given postures with notes included on the postures for guidance
Returning planned vinyasa to the tutor for comments
ABOUT THE TUTOR: MARGARET WOODLEY
Margaret Woodley
Margaret began yoga in the 1970s gaining her BWY diploma in 1982. She is a DCT running Distance Learning Diploma and IST courses for the Wheel. She spent time in India at the KYM with Desikachar and has worked with him on his visits to England. She was greatly influenced and encouraged by the late John Davies. She has a love of pranayama, which was instigated and encouraged by Paul Harvey during her time on his 4 year Practitioner course.
OUTLINE PLAN FOR THE RUNNING OF THE COURSE
  1. You will Register and pay on line. Print out these two pages to keep track.
  2. Your Tutor will be informed through the web site that you have been registered and will receive confirmation of all your contact details which you have filled in on line at 1. above.
  3. Your Tutor will send you a welcome letter with all their own contact details (by email) confirming to you within a few days, unless away on holiday.
  4. At the same time, they will give you a date for when you can expect to receive your material. This may be within 2 weeks or six months depending upon the course start date you have chosen
  5. Confirm to your Tutor, when you receive your course material, and also contact by email or phone should you have any queries.
    There will be 2 CD’s. CD 1 will be the audio practice/information CD.
    CD2 will have the  course material files on.
    You will down  load CD 2 onto your PC.and print off,  to give you a clearer overall view
    Then you will work on screen for the material which is to be returned to your Tutor. 
  6. Begin your course.
  7. You will have all the dates for completion in the letter you have had at 4. Above.
  8. Follow the dates carefully and let your Tutor know, should there be any holdup due to health, life event etc.
  9. When you have returned all your material to your Tutor and your Tutor has returned the material back to you, with their comments, then confirm that you  have received it.
  10. Finally, to complete the course, you will go back on line into your membership number and your original password chosen when at 1. above. Bring up the course evaluation page and fill in on line.
  11. When you enter the completed Evaluation, you will only then be registered as completed and gain the 7.5  CPD points and receive your Certificate.
    So. Please make sure that you send the Evaluation, otherwise your Office record will not be ‘official’
  12. There will be an additional button on your course tabs which you can enter to pass any other comments about the course and also suggestions for future topics
The course is expected to take between 5 to 6 hours of your time, but you can take more if you want to. If you miss the completion dates without an agreed reason, then you may keep the material but not have a refund.
I hope you will find the study useful and satisfying and I look forward to working with you.
Margaret.