Not An Expert...

I thought i would share the contents of last week's email to my subscribers as lots of people commented to me how useful and interesting they found it.  (These are emails sent out every Thursday to people who attend my regular classes and like to recieve my online videos and audios.  When there isn't any new online material to share, I have a little waffle about something I have been thinking about! This was last week's offering.)

Have a good look at that diagram.  Interesting isn’t it?  You might need to ponder on it for a while but I stumbled upon it and it encapsulates something I’ve been thinking about lately.   I’ve been noticing that the more study I do – the more I realise how little I actually know!  This might apply to life in general too.....  

I am passionate about learning new stuff – loving the process of learning and get excited when I come across new ideas and theories – even when I don’t necessarily agree with them.  In fact, these days I deliberately search for the opposite of what I am hypothesising as now I am aware of confirmation bias.  This makes for a very rounded way of learning and helps with critical thinking which has not been my strong point in the past.  It’s especially important in this day and age when there is so much false information out there. 

I have also deliberately followed some people on social media who are very different to me – in order to gain new perspectives (I’m not talking about Trump supporters – that’s a bit too far) just people who see things from a different angle to myself. 

When I did a bit more research I found how this relates to the Dunning-Kruger effect which refers to the seemingly pervasive tendency of poor performers to overestimate their abilities relative to other people – and, to a lesser extent, for high performers to underestimate their abilities.  Fascinating isn’t it?

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Late Summer Newsletter 2019

I've not written a blog for so long.  I have been writing though, I've been putting my heart and soul into weekly emails for my subscribers.  It's been wonderful to engage with class members in this way and I love it when I get replies with feedback on whatever I've been writing about.  Great to hear other's opinions and experiences relating to whatever I've been waffling about!!

But it's been in the back of my mind to get back to the blog and give a little update on what has been happening with my classes and my work recently.

The main news is that I no longer teach the parent and toddler yoga - I did a long post about it on Facebook so I think most people know the reasons why I have decided to wind down that class after 7 years of teaching it.  The end of an era.....(a very joyous one)

In it's place is a new chair yoga class as my existing Wednesday chair class is a little over subscribed and it makes sense to trial another class on the schedule, as this sort of class is really helpful for some people who find regular yoga classes are not quite right for them.  All details are on my website - it starts on 9th Sept and there are a few spaces left, so if you are interested or know someone who might be, do let me know.

My other classes have been ticking over nicely and I'm looking forward to getting back on full schedule after the summer break, which was pretty much 50% of the full schedule. We start back with the full weekly quota of classes on Wed 4th Sept.

My online work is ongoing too and I am mainly working on 30 minute videos for regular class members to have exclusive access to.  I've been doing this for well over 2 years now and there is a full library of yoga videos and relaxation/meditation audios.  If you want access to these, just send me your email address and which class you attend and i can send you access to all of the material.

Workshops are happening too, a few people have asked why I don't seem to advertise them online.  The reason being I open up the places to my class members first and generally workshops get booked up quite quickly which I'm eternally grateful for.  Occasionally this doesn't happen, so that is when I create a Facebook event/post advertising it online.

Something you may not know is that I can allow teens into my classes.  I've had lots of young people doing the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, who opt for yoga as a new skill to learn.  It's worked fantastically well and I've had some very inspiring, focussed youngsters attend my classes.  It warms my heart to know we have some fabulous young people in our community.

So that's it for now - nothing earth shattering - just a little post about what's going on!!  Remember if you haven't been to class for a while (for whatever reason) but feel you'd like to come back - don't be a stranger, you will always be welcome back into the classes.  Hope to see you soon.

Namaste.  

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