Kathleen Pickering

Completed training and continued professional development in various yoga styles, including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Hatha, and Vinyasa, enhancing teaching versatility.

Cultivated long-term relationships with students, who consistently express appreciation for diverse and engaging classes, eagerly anticipating each session.

Established safe environment for yoga classes, managing weekly attendance with pay-as-you-go system and fostering calm atmosphere for students.

• Led engaging group sessions, fostering community and camaraderie among students.
• Received regular assessments from College, consistently achieving excellent feedback and grades.
• Demonstrated postures clearly during classes
• Implemented safety precautions during classes repeating precautions and prohibitions where appropriate
• Taught a variety of yoga styles to cater to diverse student needs for example when teaching chair-based classes and when working in conjunction with local Medical Centre for the Adult Learning Service. I was often given good feedback by the Doctors in the practice and on one occasion a Doctor sat in on a session as a result of one of his patients improving both mobility and improved breathing
• This work with LCC enhanced my work in my private classes because I started to discuss with students the many wonderful benefits of yoga.

Quite quickly persuaded them to centre, rotate main joints in body, stretch muscles and work with spine in all possible spinal movements , ie

forward, backward, side bending, rotation of spine, plus balance and inverted postures. very soon there was a balanced program of Hatha Yoga with strong asana work resulting in a relaxation session which left the students floating out of class- stress free. The outome of this was that the class continued and was very well attended until reorganisation meant staff were moved to different locations

Led engaging group sessions for just 1 hour per week, quite different from other sessions. Initially found students very tense and wanting to do a very yang/ dynamic session.

Inputted sales invoice information into accounting machine files to maintain accurate records

Sorted and balanced ledgers monthly to ensure financial integrity

Recorded financial amounts for dividend distribution

Reviewed and reconciled financial accounts for accuracy