A workshop for teachers who want to create thoughtful + intelligent class using the power of rhythm + music.
Whether or not we're aware of it, sound is having an impact on us in our daily lives. As teachers, we have an opportunity to create a space that consciously uses sound, voice, music, silence and thoughtful instruction—giving rest to the usual noise of life.
Music and sound combined with yoga is simply a pathway that can be used as a powerful, motivating, and enriching tool in class. Equally important is the skill of teaching in silence. If we remain attached to either, we may lose the gift that each holds.
In this workshop we will explore:
- how music is a universal language that inspires connection
- how to sequence a class, combined with a well ordered music
playlist, to create a journey
- your theme, your style of teaching, and what mental and energetic
state you want to inspire
- how to work with live musicians in a balanced and insightful
collaboration
- how music and sound can help focus the mind into the present
moment, reduce stress/anxiety, uplift/soften mood, and steady the
flow of breath
- how music can have a positive or an agitating impact depending on
whether or not your playlist yolks with your voice and sequence
- how the vibrational ‘sound’ of both music and silence can work
beautifully together, making you a more versatile teacher and an
empathic guide in any setting
- the power of using rhythm, melody and harmony as a metronomic
tool for your voice and the pace of your sequence to offer your
students a powerful shift and a sense of freedom in their practice
As a Woman, a Native American Jew, and as a Human Being - I am appalled by what is going on in the country and around the world right now.
I believe in light, love and peace. I also believe in the shadow and it's many shades. We have an opportunity to come together like never before, to awaken and accelerate healing. This is not soft talk, this is real talk.