Body Balance (DNCE20029)

Intended learning outcomes

• Improved general flexibility with specific attention to increasing range/mobility of the upper body;
• Improved whole body integration;
• Consolidate effective use of the core muscle group in their role of supporting body alignment and motion;
• Establish easeful movement facility and aesthetic through the application of key Yoga principles;
• An established vocabulary of exercises to maintain optimal movement facility throughout the physical structure.

Generic skills

On completion of this subject students should have acquired the following skills:

• The capacity for kinaesthetic awareness;
• The ability to interpret and analyse;
• The ability to apply theory to practice;
• The capacity to synthesise data and evaluate information;
• The capacity for imaginative, transformative and interpretive activity;
• The capacity to work with unconditional positive regard for self and others;
• The capacity to utilize an internal evaluative mechanism;
• The capacity to give and receive informed feedback;
• The capacity to develop a work methodology;
• The capacity to participate effectively in collaborative learning as a team member whilst respecting individual difference;
• The capacity to engage in productive self directed learning and research;
• The ability to perform at optimum level.