9th Tip for Movement Teachers - Talk
AUDIO Meditations, Breathing Practices + Tips and Talks
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8m 21s
Record Yourself Teaching - Record yourself teaching regularly. This can be simple! You don't have to film yourself with video, although that is ideal, but simply an audio recording will do. A voice memo on your smartphone. Then, take your own class and notice things like:
What is your pacing like?
Do you use unnecessary words or phrases like, "Now we're going to..." or "um, okay..."
And, this one is used A LOT..."Good" or "Beautiful" - teachers say this over and over and over again when they're not even watching the class or student.
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