D@win Facilitation observation and/or reflection document

A guideline to help with your reflection of sessions, whether you are the facilitator
of the session and reflecting on your own practice or whether you are a participant
in the session reflecting on the session & practices.

Observation 1:

Facilitator: Y
Participant: N

Setting: Live online and uploaded YouTube Date: 3.03.21

video

Online: 12
Number of participants in session:

19-21
Ability & age of group: 2nd-3rd Year
undergraduate
Type of session: (Technique, students.
creative/other) Pre-professional
#Workout
Wednesday

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Observation 1 – Artist/student evaluation and reflection – to be completed after the session

A guide of elements of delivery is provided below to help structure your reflection:

Preparation and organisation

Before recording the session, I handwrote all the poses I wanted to lead, along with how many breaths
each pose would be held for.
For the filming setup I made sure that I was in the centre of the shot and that my whole body could be
seen. Due to being able to record the session, I edited the video after when I readjusted the camera
angles.
However, I think that I should have done a full practise before filming the YouTube video as I was 30
minutes in length instead of the recommended 15-20 minuets. Meaning that in the live session with the
company I had to cut out some sections.

Session content and structure

I believe that the content of the session was suitable for the age range ability of the live session
as session followed a similar structure to yoga videos that can already be found on YouTube. Firstly,
starting at the floor, then moving to standing and the finishing with a short mediation.
The poses within the practise where poses that the company had already done in previous yoga
sessions with Noyale, meaning that the company members didn’t need to learn anything new. For those
you may have followed the YouTube video, I described the poses clearly so that the viewers could follow
along.

Engagement and communication

Not applicable for the YouTube video as comments are disabled on the channel.
For the live session, the session was follow-along, and everyone had their microphone off. Although after
the session when we went onto the next activity, everyone seemed a little bit more relaxed.

Differentiation & assessment

Throughout the YouTube video and the live session, I suggested options so that people could adapt the
practise to their needs and movement availability. Such as suggesting using both hands or one hand at a
time for massages. If there was more time to do the session, I would do some more intense postures for
activation of different muscle groups.
However, I did suggest in the YouTube video that viewers could go into a headstand if that was in their
practise and under supervision.

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Pace & flexibility
The pace of the class was quick slow the purpose of the practise was to relax. To do this there was a
focus on the breath so that viewers could use that element as a focus point.
Flexibility was an element that wasn’t needed in this circumstance as the session wasn’t interactive.

Your notes post facilitation feedback with observer (Caroline) if applicable . Caroline will
discuss elements of your preparation and organisation, session content and structure,
engagement and communication, differentiation & assessment and pace & flexibility:

Observation 1 – Key areas of focus & objectives to be carried forward post reflection

Key Strengths

Slow-pace, enabled participants to focus on the poses and recall movements that they already knew.

Key areas for development

More challenging elements to postures.

Additional Notes/ Objectives going forwards.

Maybe think about adding music?