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Course Syllabus

DANC 1205 Gentle Yoga

  • Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
  • Department: Dance
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 0; Lab: 2
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Corequisites: None
  • Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
  • Semester Approved: Spring 2024
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2028
  • End Semester: Fall 2029
  • Optimum Class Size: 12
  • Maximum Class Size: 20

Course Description

This course focuses on the restorative aspects of Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga by introducing students to a sequence of postures that include light twists, seated forward folds and gentle backbends supported by props thus bringing balance to both body and mind. This course is repeatable for credit.

Justification

Yoga postures bring energy, strength, flexibility and balance to our physical bodies. All postures are performed in a safe and nurturing environment that allows students to develop focus and inner strength resulting in a better quality of life. This class is most similar to PE 1057 Yoga Course at SUU and ESSF 1057 Yoga Course at the University of Utah.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to perform a series of beginner-level yoga poses with proper alignment and breath while also demonstrating increased ability in areas of flexibility, strength, body posture and breath.
  2. Upon Completion of this course, students will be able to apply yoga principles of proper breath, stability and flexibility to a dance performance or equivalent activity.

Course Content

This course consists of a series of gentle Hatha and Vinyasa yoga postures performed in coordination with proper breath and body alignment. Students will then learn how to apply these yoga posture principles to other movement activities by critically reviewing a Snow College dance concert (or an equivalent activity when an in person attendance is not possible). Yoga has been adapted globally by many cultures as a wellness discipline. This foundation in less strenuous yoga practices will benefit students at any level of conditioning and skill. Students of all backgrounds and cultures will be welcomed into an environment of cultivated belonging.