Aligned Form Stand Up Paddle Board Certification
Training Day 1
Morning:
- Welcome, introductions, and course overview
- Difference between studio Yoga and water-based Yoga
- Tools and techniques for being effective with your words
- Obstacles to SUP (sun, bugs, weather, wind, temperature)
- Introduction to equipment
- How to paddle, teaching the basics
- Land warm-ups
- Teaching water entry
- Review of skills and practice
- On-board warm-ups
- Yoga flow, guided meditation
- Paddle circle
Lunch 01:00PM – 02:00PM
Afternoon:
- Class planning (wind, tide, current)
- Safety planning
- Yoga-based classes vs paddle-based classes vs float-based classes – what are your goals?
- How to safely carry a board/ load your board on a car
- Using different anchors and ways to anchor
- Utilizing currents and free-floating when it’s right for you
- Paddle skills
- Yoga skills and drills
- Yoga class
Training Day 2
Morning:
- Communication, presentation, and adaptation, being prepared when something doesn’t go as planned
- Making your paddle a yoga prop
- Managing your group
- Incorporating your personal teaching style
- Developing creative sequences
- Student-led yoga demo sequences
- Paddle Circle meditation
Lunch 01:00PM – 02:00PM
Afternoon:
- Introduction to Therapeutic Applications of SUP Yoga
- Water rescues
- Fine-tuning and teaching techniques
- Yoga sequencing
- Student-led demo classes
- Paddle circle guided meditation
