This CD-tutorial is of the basic YOU & ME Yoga teaching techniques suitable for teaching people with Special Needs. It is recommended for yoga teachers and therapists, trainers and parents who have practiced yoga, or a similar discipline for at least two years.
It's instructional-value conveys the aims and skills for teaching the 22 preliminary Joint Looseners, the 20 related Yoga Postures, and the basic relaxation and diaphragmatic breathing techniques.
It enables trainers to experience and enjoy the practice of the system by distance learning in just over an hour, rather than attending a training course.
It also allows for selection of anyone of the 44 tracks. Total of 64 minutes.
The Display Cards are double-sided. On the illustrated side, the heading shows the name of the Loosener, and the instructions are given above the illustration of each stage of the movement. Notes are given at the bottom of the card to assist trainers.
On the other side of each card there are benefits which can accrue from the Loosener, depending on the individual's abilities and the amount of practice. There are also cautions for students with specific health problems and guidelines for referral to the student's medical advisor before practice.
The Looseners are used to assess the student's abilities. This in turn determines the likelihood of their being able to practice the related Posture mentioned on the card.
24 laminated A5 Display Cards, pub. 1993, 2003.
This consists of a Colour-Code Guide Booklet, illustrating 20 Postures in seven colours. These are used to create individual sequences of Whole-Body-Movement to suit the needs of students of all ages and levels of ability. Correct diaphragmatic breathing is shown, also choices of Posture and the order in which they should be performed.
There are also twenty A5 laminated Display Cards showing the Postures and giving simple precise teaching instructions with a note of physiological and psychological benefits and cautions. The protective lamination means they can be displayed and reused again and again.
This Colour-Code Instruction Pack motivates learning by encouraging students to listen, look, recognise, describe, sort, select and arrange the different coloured postures into a structured sequence specifically for an individual's needs. It can also assist students to identify and name different parts of the body.
Laminated A5 coloured Booklet and 20 Display Cards in wallet. Pub. 1989, 1994 and 2004.
This unique reference book explains how to devise individualised programme plans of Postures in accordance with the YOU & ME Yoga colour-code system.
YOU & ME Whole-Body-Movement consists of sequences of Postures which are colour coded in the seven spectrum colours to represent areas of the body. This method ensures that the whole body is exercised and stimulated.
The arrangement of Whole-Body-Movement sequences in this book deals with each Posture in turn and describes what is happening to the active parts of the body when performed. Each sequence is arranged around the 'Main' Posture and starts with a choice of Warming-Up movements selected to exercise the colour-coded parts of the body used within the Posture. The sequence is completed by a choice of Winding-Down movements in the remaining spectrum colours.
To enable trainers to appropriately select suitable techniques for their particular students' needs and abilities, a choice of warming-up and winding-down Postures is given for the different coloured bodily areas. Full explanations and rationale are given alongside each exercise.
124 pages, pub. 2002.