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Official Yoga Australia Event: How to Teach Yoga to Beginners
June 8 @ 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM AEST
Melbourne Yoga Teachers are invited to learn “How to Teach Beginners Yoga” at this In Person workshop, presented by Yoga Australia.
About the Event
Teaching beginners Yoga is both a skill and an art.
Any Yoga Teacher will come across beginner students in their vocation. Often, as a new teacher we start our career teaching beginners.
Should you put them at the back of the class and tell them to follow?
Or should we (as teachers) develop our knowledge to teach them correctly and safely, so they actually learn how to practice yoga?
Teaching beginners is challenging because they have not acquired any knowledge OR their perception of yoga is limited to what they have been seen; via social media for example. As teachers, we need to remember what is actually like to be a newbie, each student attending a class for the first time will have their own expectations, assumptions or past experiences to take into consideration.
Join Jacqueline Brumley & Shimon Tchobutaru (Registered Senior & Level 2 Yoga Australia teachers) on this unique workshop where you will be guided on how and what to teach beginners.
The 3-hour workshop is both practical and theory based.
Agenda:
- Welcome & Introductions– with talk on the topic of “how the teach beginners”.
- Handout on the Yoga asanas and basic practices beginners should learn to build a sound foundation in learning Yoga.
- Sequencing the practices so beginners learn systematically.
- How to teach beginners about body awareness.
- Teaching 2 mock classes: 1. where everyone is a beginner and 2. Where there are beginners in an on-going class.
- How to teach with clear, concise information and not overload beginners with too much information. Teach with “bite size information”.
- Teaching beginners the full Yogic breath.
- Basic relaxation techniques.
- Q & A.
What to Bring:
Mindful AF Yoga Studio in Emerald will have blocks, yoga mats and straps to use during this event. You are welcome to bring you own if you prefer.
Bring your own water bottle, wear comfortable loose clothing. There are cafes within walking distance as well as street parking available on the main road. Additional parking can be found at the Hills Hub (5 min walk) or Ritchies IGA parking (5 min walk).
Who should attend this event:
Yoga Teachers, Yoga Therapists & Teachers in Training.
We welcome both Yoga Australia members & non-members to attend. It’s an opportunity to connect with other professionals in the region and learn from not only the presenters, but one another.
What other’s have said:
“From training with Jacqui & Shimon I have finally learnt the proper skill set to teach beginners Yoga in a correct and thorough way. My students are now learning the fundamentals of Yoga in a systematic way and their progress is noticeable. Thank you for imparting this knowledge” – Susan. March 2018
“I participated in a teacher training programme with Jacqui & Shimon on how to teach beginners Yoga. This training was amazing and gave me the correct method to teach new students correctly and thoroughly. I learnt which asanas they should learn, how to teach them and impart the love of Yoga to them”. – Jane. March 2018
About the Presenters: Jacqui & Shimon
Shimon Tchobutaru & Jacqui Brumley are a husband team with over 70 years of collective experience.
They ran a busy Yoga school in Melbourne for 20+ years before moving to King Island (Tasmania) in 2019. Their Yoga training is vast and wide with Iyengar certification, certification in the classical systems of Yoga and many, many years of studying Yoga philosophy.
Whilst in Melbourne, they also ran teacher training programs leading young teachings into the vocation of Yoga. Their teacher training programs were focused on HOW to teach beginners Yoga. They also run Yoga retreats in Victoria, King Island and India offering an immersion into Yogic practices.
Shimon and Jacqui are offering the Melbourne community a class to experience their teachings. This will involve asana (poses), pranayama and relaxation. We hope you are able to come along!
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