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Course Syllabus

Course: DANC 1205

Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
Department: Dance
Title: Gentle Yoga

Semester Approved: Spring 2024
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2028
End Semester: Fall 2029

Catalog 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.

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 0; Lab: 2

Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None


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:
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. This outcome will be assessed though classroom participation in yoga practice and teacher/student observation and feedback.

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. Students will be assessed on their written critiques of Snow College dance concert (or another movement activity).


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.

Key Performance Indicators:
Students in this course will be assessed using one or more of the following methods:

Attendance and classroom participation 60 to 80%

Dance concert review 10 to 20%

Proper execution of yoga postures 10 to 20%


Representative Text and/or Supplies:
Yoga (sticky) mat, a block and a strap.


Pedagogy Statement:
This course welcomes students of all abilities and backgrounds. Students are exposed to a wide range of yoga postures borrowed from both Hatha and Vinyasa yoga and will also learn how to apply yoga principles to other movement activities including a Snow College dance concert. As the course title suggests, this is a gentle and calming class meant to improve students' everyday living

Instructional Mediums:
Lecture/Lab

Maximum Class Size: 20
Optimum Class Size: 12