This week, we ran our second session where we planned to do yoga. There were some issues with our second session. The first one is that more people than we expected came which caused us to use up more time in the beginning because they had to fill in a form if they've never volunteered at Cedar Cottage before and they also had to sign in. We needed stronger leadership skills to make sure that our program ran each section on time. Because of the whole sign-up thing, it took up a quarter of our session time which caused us to panic a little bit, making us have a very weak intro and conclusion in which we did not mention what the purpose of our program was. The part of the session where we did yoga ran smoothly. We put in the DVD for everyone to follow along with while one of us timed each ten minute session. After the breaks the participants snapped right back into a focused yoga workout which was great. During the last few minutes, we struggled to have the meditation video play and in the end it didn't. What we've learned from this session that we can use in our last session is that we needed a stronger leadership presence and we needed to rehearse what we were going to do for the sessions before hand.
Moment of the Week:
Describe what's happening in this photograph. Where is the leader? Who is the leader? How can you tell who is the leader? Describe the mood of the participants pictured in this photograph. Why do you think the participants are acting the way they are?
In this photograph, everyone seems to be watching the TV as a DVD is playing, instructing the youth in the group on yoga as they all imitate what the people in the video are doing. Although it is harder to tell who the leader, hints that may suggest that Amie is the leader are that she is at the front and in the center of everyone else. The participants seem to be in a very focused mood as they pay attention to the TV screen. Possibilities as to why the participants are that way is that they are interested in what they are learning to do and therefore want to do the yoga that is being taught to them well.
In this photograph, everyone seems to be watching the TV as a DVD is playing, instructing the youth in the group on yoga as they all imitate what the people in the video are doing. Although it is harder to tell who the leader, hints that may suggest that Amie is the leader are that she is at the front and in the center of everyone else. The participants seem to be in a very focused mood as they pay attention to the TV screen. Possibilities as to why the participants are that way is that they are interested in what they are learning to do and therefore want to do the yoga that is being taught to them well.