My perspective on teaching high school students

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Sat nam,

 

Awhile back I wrote an e-mail asking the group for tips on teaching

high school students. Some of you requested advice from me, and here

is my report on the first class I taught:

 

I taught the Suriya kriya yesterday, and I'd like to teach the Nabhi

kriya next time around. I think they would enjoy it! lol!

 

I had 9 students, and I really enjoyed the experience. I think the

key is to accept that they will be testing you, and to just take it as

part of the experience. Also expect a lot of giggling, fidgeting, and

under-the-breath comments, all of which I found amusing.

 

They really like physically challenging exercises, like frogs and sat

kriya. Surprisingly, they like chanting and mantras - just keep going

and they'll get into the spirit of it. They like " sat nam " and many

of them chanted it loudly at the class closing! Several of the girls

enjoyed the deep relaxation too.

 

The thing that I enjoyed the most were the questions - sometimes

adults are trained NOT to ask questions, but they are really

inquisitive. One caveat: I would keep questions during the exercises

to a minimum, maybe just questions between warm-ups/kriya,

kriya/meditation, etc.

 

Hope this was of use to you!

 

Sat nam,

 

Sat Prem Kaur