I have been practice yoga every week for a few months, but took a break at the beginning of the school year. I am going to be starting it again because I want to increase my strength and flexibility. I did gymnastics when I was very young and although I no longer want to do it, I would like to have some of the specific skills again. My goals are to achieve certain poses, including: headstand, splits and crow pose.
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12th September 2015
This was the first yoga practice I did during the school year.
19th September 2015
26th September 2015
I worked on my strength in my hands and balance for doing headstands by doing a handstand against a wall. I then repeated the same without the wall to further practice my balance, but I could only hold myself up for around 5 seconds.
2nd October 2015
18th October 2015
During this yoga session, I developed a new technique for practicing headstands which involves holding your hands differently. I find this method a lot easier than the normal tripod method.
7th November 2015
21st and 22nd November 2015
29th November 2015
Today I decided to do a yoga practice based on a YouTube video, unlike my usual practices based on some basic poses that I know from research and classes that I try to improve on. The video I chose was Yoga with Adrienne's ...
6th December 2015
Having really enjoyed the way in which I practiced yoga last week, I decided to find another video to use this time.
11th December 2015
It's finally the holidays and that can only mean one thing... more time to do CAS (yay!), especially yoga practices.
13th December 2015
I am actually seen improvements in my splits, mainly my right splits (which were already the best). It is quite difficult to tell if I am making any progress because I cannot see how close to the ground I am, but I can hold my splits for a lot longer without feeling any pain. My middle splits are still the ones I need to work on the most (I am miles away from the ground).
6th December 2015
Having really enjoyed the way in which I practiced yoga last week, I decided to find another video to use this time.
11th December 2015
It's finally the holidays and that can only mean one thing... more time to do CAS (yay!), especially yoga practices.
13th December 2015
I am actually seen improvements in my splits, mainly my right splits (which were already the best). It is quite difficult to tell if I am making any progress because I cannot see how close to the ground I am, but I can hold my splits for a lot longer without feeling any pain. My middle splits are still the ones I need to work on the most (I am miles away from the ground).
4th January 2015 - 2nd March 2017
I continued doing weekly practices throughout these months, especially during the holidays. Although I am writing this reflection in January, I plan on continuing my yoga practices at least until March and then restarting after my exams in May.
Reflection:
Doing yoga practices has been one of my favourite activities within CAS and although some weeks I managed to fit in 5 practices and others I managed 1 or even none, I did maintain this activity very regularly throughout the 27 or so months that I have been doing it. 18 months of this has been part of CAS.
LO1: Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
As I was undertaking this activity alone rather than going to yoga classes, I had to identify my own strengths and weaknesses. This allowed me to decide how to tailor my next practices to get me closer to my goals that I set for myself at the start of the CAS programme. I'll admit, I haven't been as strict in working towards my goals as I had planned and rather used my practices as a method to relax and enjoy the exercise.
LO2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process
Starting yoga in the first place was a huge challenge for me due to the amount of flexibility I was lacking. From the ages of 4-12 years old, I was a gymnast (a very serious one) and at the time I was very flexible. After moving to Denmark, I wasn't able to continue and although I stretched at home, my flexibility soon became almost non-existent. Part of the reason why I decided to start practicing yoga was to regain this flexibility that I once had. Although I am far from achieving the same level of flexibility, I am much much closer to where I was when I started. I can now almost reach the floor in my right and left splits!!! I'm a few centimetres away for my right splits.
LO3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience
As this CAS activity was something that I was doing alone, rather than going to class, I had to plan out when I was able to fit it in and take it upon myself to actually stick to it.
LO4: Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences
Of all the activities I've done under the huge umbrella that is CAS, this one definitely demonstrates the most commitment and perseverance. Not only did I manage to practice yoga weekly though the whole two years, I am also planning on continuing on after I no longer 'have' to do it.
LO5: Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively
Although I was doing my yoga practices alone for the majority of the time, there were a few occasions on which I managed to convince a family member, friend or fellow IB CAS student to do a yoga practice with me. I found that practicing with someone else made me more accountable and more motivated to try my hardest.
I continued doing weekly practices throughout these months, especially during the holidays. Although I am writing this reflection in January, I plan on continuing my yoga practices at least until March and then restarting after my exams in May.
Reflection:
Doing yoga practices has been one of my favourite activities within CAS and although some weeks I managed to fit in 5 practices and others I managed 1 or even none, I did maintain this activity very regularly throughout the 27 or so months that I have been doing it. 18 months of this has been part of CAS.
LO1: Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
As I was undertaking this activity alone rather than going to yoga classes, I had to identify my own strengths and weaknesses. This allowed me to decide how to tailor my next practices to get me closer to my goals that I set for myself at the start of the CAS programme. I'll admit, I haven't been as strict in working towards my goals as I had planned and rather used my practices as a method to relax and enjoy the exercise.
LO2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process
Starting yoga in the first place was a huge challenge for me due to the amount of flexibility I was lacking. From the ages of 4-12 years old, I was a gymnast (a very serious one) and at the time I was very flexible. After moving to Denmark, I wasn't able to continue and although I stretched at home, my flexibility soon became almost non-existent. Part of the reason why I decided to start practicing yoga was to regain this flexibility that I once had. Although I am far from achieving the same level of flexibility, I am much much closer to where I was when I started. I can now almost reach the floor in my right and left splits!!! I'm a few centimetres away for my right splits.
LO3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience
As this CAS activity was something that I was doing alone, rather than going to class, I had to plan out when I was able to fit it in and take it upon myself to actually stick to it.
LO4: Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences
Of all the activities I've done under the huge umbrella that is CAS, this one definitely demonstrates the most commitment and perseverance. Not only did I manage to practice yoga weekly though the whole two years, I am also planning on continuing on after I no longer 'have' to do it.
LO5: Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively
Although I was doing my yoga practices alone for the majority of the time, there were a few occasions on which I managed to convince a family member, friend or fellow IB CAS student to do a yoga practice with me. I found that practicing with someone else made me more accountable and more motivated to try my hardest.
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