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Scottish Charity Number SCO20590

YOGA SCOTLAND ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY TUTOR


Yoga Scotland is seeking applications from suitably qualified teachers for positions as Anatomy & Physiology tutor for the Teacher training course due to start in Sept 2012.

 

Details of the course, Prospectus, Syllabus and dates for each course can be found on the Yoga Scotland website: www.yogascotland.org.uk/teachertraining

 

Preference will be given to applicants who are a fully registered and insured yoga teacher and if not already a member of Yoga Scotland successful applicant(s) will be expected to join.  


The post; You will be qualified in teaching A&P for at least five years and will be able to show evidence of wide experience in teaching a variety of classes and of ongoing self-learning and development.  Experience in teaching adults, will be an advantage.  In addition, experience of teaching day seminars and courses would be desirable.


If selected for interview you will be asked to prepare, for discussion, a teaching plan for a first session of the course, derived from the TTC Syllabus.  You will also be asked to deliver a short session of A&P teaching, selected to illustrate your ability to develop students’ skills in understanding the importance A&P within a yoga class.


The appointment of a new tutor for each course will be dependent on there being an adequate uptake from prospective students of the places offered on the course.  A tutor is appointed for the duration of each course.  Remuneration rates per day, travel expenses and preparation and marking time as determined by the Executive Committee of Yoga Scotland.

 

Please send a letter of application with full yoga CV to

Gill Gibbens

Fogomuir cottage,

Charterhall

Duns TD11 3RE    or send an email to  training@yogascotland.org.uk

 

Closing date for applications; 20th February 2012


Interviews will be held in the Greenpark Centre, Polmont, on a date in late April, to be confirmed.  


In Memorium

Patti McTavish, Honorary President of Yoga Scotland, passed away on Friday 23rd July 2010 after a long illness borne with great courage.


Born in February 1930 in Greenock, she studied at what later became the Royal Scottish Academy for Music and Drama, specialising in singing and winning several prizes. She went on to develop a career on radio and the stage.


Marriage took her to Hong Kong, where she discovered yoga. On her return to Scotland, despite being busy bringing up her family, Patti became a well known and loved yoga teacher who dedicated a great deal of time and effort to supporting yoga in Scotland.


She was a founder member and then Chair of the Scottish Yoga Association, which over time became Yoga Scotland.


In her later years she became a healer and was a regular and welcome feature at the St Andrews seminar, with her colleague Carole, donating her services in counselling and healing; notably, she was last there a few weeks prior to her death.


She will be greatly missed.



Yoga in Pregnancy

PREGNANT WOMEN BENEFIT FROM NEW YOGA GUIDELINES

Many women find that yoga is of tremendous benefit during pregnancy and labour. Yoga Scotland trainee teachers are given an introduction to teaching pregnant women, and there are post-diploma training courses for those who wish to specialize. But now for the first time, Yoga Scotland and YogaBirth have jointly issued new guidelines to help all yoga teachers make sure that pregnant women practice yoga safely and enjoyably.

The guidelines were drawn up by practising yoga teacher and midwife Judy Cameron, who also trains yoga teachers for the British Wheel of Yoga and is Course Director for YogaBirth. Judy consulted midwives, doctors, physiotherapists, osteopaths and yoga teachers. She said, “The guidelines are evidence based and don’t rely on personal whim or hearsay. We feel that for the first time we have guidelines that make sense and are accessible to both pregnant women and yoga teachers. As with any set of guidelines, they will be reviewed annually in light of new research and evidence.”

The guidelines can be seen on Yoga Scotland’s website. Yoga Scotland Chair, Jenni Connaughton said, “We hope our yoga teachers, both those running dedicated pregnancy yoga classes and those who have a small number of pregnant women attending their general classes will find the new guidelines helpful. Yoga Scotland plans to include regular updates on yoga for pregnancy and postbirth in its programme of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for teachers."

Yoga Scotland is recognised by Sportscotland as the Governing Body for Yoga in the country and has a network of around 300 qualified, registered and insured teachers www.yogascotland.org.uk YogaBirth is an association of professionally trained teachers of antenatal and postnatal yoga and childbirth education. www.yogabirth.org.

If there are any questions about the new guidelines, the YogaBirth Education Committee would welcome them via Judy Cameron (judycameron@yogabirth.plus.com ) or Kay Millar, YogaBirth

Senior Tutor (Kay.Millar@virgin.net ).

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