Ealing ALS

Overview
Join these fun yoga and meditation classes where you will be doing a variety of yoga poses for that will help with coordination, balance and stretching and then practicing mindful meditations to create calm and peace for children and adults too. Yoga is an amazing way of developing coordination, and it works so well for balance too. You will be doing Yoga poses that work through a variety of muscles in the body, and this helps children find their symmetry. It helps improve their body coordination and encourages motor development too. Aim of work shop

Aim
- Stretching exercises to encourage flexibility in the body - Introduce ways to develop coordination and balance - How to use breathing to reduce stress - Introduce ways to increase attention span and concentration using yoga - To meditate on the breath

What you will learn
- Skills to control breathing, to reduce stress and anxiety in children and adults - Yoga stretches to make the body more flexible, release tension, to increase the blood flow in the body - Yoga as an excellent way of developing coordination and balance too. - To meditate using a simple tool

Learning Outcomes
- Identify how to control the breath while carrying out yoga poses - Demonstrate a variety of yoga stretches and posture - Practice poses to encourage coordination and balance - Use a variety of breathing techniques to calm the mind and body

Course/workshop level
This is a fun workshop so beginners to all levels, no previous experience necessary.

Suitability and Entry Requirements
Ages 5 years old and up would be suitable

Platform for the course/workshop
This course/workshop will be held on Zoom. You can join by clicking on the link within the joining instructions. Once you have joined, please turn on your camera. Physical activity checklist: Mandatory for all types of physical activity courses. Please complete (before the start of your course) and return to adultlearning@ealing.gov.uk. This will help the tutor to ensure that the exercises are designed for your needs if you have any health conditions.

How you will learn in this course/workshop
- Practical Demonstrations and guided instructions for learner participation - Power point

Accreditation, qualifications and assessment methods
Assessments will be carried out through verbal feedback and feedback forms to be completed and returned after each session.

How much additional time do you need to invest?
Practices learnt can be continued at home

Resources, materials and additional costs
1. Wear loose comfortable clothing 2. Can be carried out on the floor 3. To be carried out on an empty stomach 4. To be situated in a space where you have enough room to move around and it is safe 5. A shawl or a blanket for meditation and mindful relaxation 6. A Cushion to support the lower spine if sitting on the floor

Next steps
Please phone 0208825577 Or For EAL’s offer, please go online: www.learnealing.org.uk

Tutor
I started my Yoga Journey with my mum as a child carrying out sessions with her in the living room as she practiced yoga videos. I then continued my with Hatha Yoga throughout my teenage and early adult years. I then started Kundalini Yoga which I absolutely embraced as I loved the way it made me feel, I suffered In my younger years from anxiety, stress and depression and this yoga helped me to overcome my battles. I now carry out regular daily practices of Kundalini and hatha yoga. In 2019 I travelled and went to Bali and completed my yoga teacher training, I then went on to complete Face Yoga teacher training and Gravity yoga teacher training. Mindfulness is embedded into all aspects of the yoga teacher training that I have completed. I have taught in Care homes, to Alzheimer residents, elderly, yoga studio and community centres carrying out group classes, because of the Corona Virus I now teach online classes through zoom and also private one to one sessions on zoom. Yoga is my absolute passion, I love teaching it and seeing people of all ages and walks of life change as a result of the regular practice of it.