too, so that you keep learning the deeper aspects of yoga and
so you can also teach these learnt aspects to your students. CPD
can be done by attending a senior yoga teacher’s workshops, such
as pranayama workshops, mantra or chakra workshops etc, or by
attending specialist trainings, such as pre-& post natal, teens yoga,
or parent and baby yoga trainings. When a student completes
one of our trainings, they can also receive a certificate stating the
number of hours it was for and the areas of yoga covered. This
can be useful in keeping a log of how many hours done each year.
Creating a CPD journal (like a diary) is a superb idea too when it
comes to keeping track of your hours, but also so that you can
make notes on what you have done and learnt.
Another important aspect of CPD is in what is called, ‘reflective
practice’ and this you can journal along with the CPD hours.
Reflective practice is an approach that can help a teacher to
identify and decide on their learning needs (what they want to
know more of), and how they can meet these needs. It is ideal
for the teacher so that they can then reflect upon any learning
acquired during the CPD event and how they will feed this back into
their work and/or personal practice. They can then review what
has been done, and at the same time pinpoint any new learning
areas that have been discovered as a result. The ‘Gibbs Reflective
Cycle’ model can help with this and is a perfect tool to use when
doing CPD.
THE REFLECTIVE PRACTICE POINTS GIBBS ENCOURAGES A
LEARNER TO CONSIDER ARE:
Description – What happened? What did you do and what
went on?
Feelings – What are you thinking and feeling about it?
Evaluation – What was good and bad about the experience?
Analysis – What sense can you make of the situation?
Conclusion – What else could you have done?
Action Plan – If it arose again what would you do?