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Social Life

social life

London

What makes a boundary? How we circumnavigate London is often imagined through its hard materiality of bricks and roads, staggered by open, green spaces and meandering waterways. Yet the sensory experience of moving through the city plays a significant role in how we percieve place, define neighbourhoods, and establish routes and routines. In mid June, Social Life hosted a workshop as part of the London Festival of Architecture, which aimed to explore how sight, smell and sound impact our perceptions of boundaries. Our approach drew closely from a toolkit developed by Saffron Woodcraft and Connie Smith at UCL's Insitute for Global Prosperity - the 'Sensory Notation Toolkit' - which was created with the intention for 'researchers to become alert to their different sense and how these are stimulated by particular environments.' Workshop participants walked with us on a short route around Elephand & Castle. At each stop we asked participants to record their sensory stimulation on a scale of 1-5 for each of the six sense: visual, aural, kinetic, thermal and chemical. We used a visual sensory chart to capture the data to understand what the concurrent themes were for each space and overall which space had the highest and lowest level of sensory stimulation. Building on Social Life's earlier work on sensory stimulation and psychgeography in our local area, our 2017 'Feeling of the Place' project, the workshop aimed to look more closely at the relationship between our sense and how this guides our perception of boundaries. The sensory walk was an exercise on connecting sights, smells and sounds as elements of boundary making and unmaking. Two boundaries were chosen for the exercise, Strata Tower by Elephant and Castle roundabout and a pedestrial barrier in the Newington Estate close to Peacock Yard where Social Life is based. Participants were asked to stop on either side of the 'boundary' and record their sensory stimulation. The stops differed dramatically. Whilst one was located in the middle of a blooming community garden others were located right at the foot of Strata Tower, surrounded by the hustle and bustle of urban life. They were however only a short walk apart. The responses were fairly predictable. Participants noted feeling unwelcome and feelings of unpleasantness in areas that were less human scale and contained less greenery. Aural stimualtion - negative or positive - scored highly for many participants with many connecting unpleasant feelings with wind, loud noises and also temperature.

Yoginis Yoga Training

yoginis yoga training

5.0(5)

Bury

Yoginis Yoga is specifically developed for educators and practitioners to learn to teach yoga and mindfulness schemes of work to all ages and abilities from toddlers to young adults. Yoginis Yoga training is designed by highly qualified and experienced yoga and mindfulness professionals; Susan Hartley and Katie Brennan, which qualifies as continual professional development over progressive levels, approved and certified by the CPD certification service, AFPE and the Children's Activities Association. Learn how to deliver a sustainable, progressive and affordable scheme of work as part of the educational syllabus which is fun, engages children, enhances learning and helps them to establish their own practice and share this skill with others. Yogini's Yoga's scheme of work is unique in its delivery, using a visual timetable with no planning. Yoginis Yoga uses routine, repetition and structure which makes it all inclusive and so simple that children feel empowered and confident to take the lead. Training is designed for those with little or no yoga experience. the learner is slowly immersed in the theory and practice of yoga and mindfulness techniques, consolidating their learning without being overwhelmed to feel confident in delivering sessions immediately. Yoga is the perfect platform to teach children the tools they need to live and succeed in this modern world, to learn about themselves, their bodies, breath, mind, emotions and important life lessons including; kindness, resilience, acceptance, tolerance, confidence, friendship, setting boundaries, self regulation, uniqueness and equality.