Paul Duff, teaching ONLINE from his home studio.
Big shout out to Paul Duff who taught an excellent class today. I love witnessing how his teaching style and skills have evolved over this past year.
Today Paul taught an entire class to the music of Yes! (in line with our monthly focus of "yes we can"). He used his "52 moves shuffle" format, to deliver all 52 moves (one every 30 seconds) in 30 minutes.
The shuffle component of this format means the teacher has no idea which of the 52 moves is coming up next. The spontaneous, random selection of the move (via an app on iPad) forces us to
create on the fly,
crafting how to weave the "move of the moment",
within the cycle the move lands on,
in relationship with the music.
“Thank you for a YES flowing 52 moves class.
So nice I did it twice!
Loved loved loved it,.”
Yes! a multi high level skill task! And the mastery trick is to be able to do craft the experience, engage and lead the class, while sustaining a Relaxed, Alert, Waiting state of being, something we fondly call "RAW" in Nia Technique.
As well as excellent execution of all the moves in relationship with the very unique music of Yes, Paul also demonstrated fabulously diverse teaching cue styles. US education, and particularly fitness instruction, can often be predominantly be “command style” communication, where the instructor tells the student what to do. Today, quite organically, Paul provided cues that included:
command style
guided discovery
problem solving
imagery
emotions
uniqueness
personalization
subjective, personal shares
objective information
If you are curious to experience more classes with Paul and our fabulous “rock star” teachers we’d love you to join us for a 30 day challenge or even the 2024 365 day challenge.
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