Blog 14: Independent Component 1

LITERAL

• I, Alyssa Soberano, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
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• Independent Component Log
• To complete my independent component, I wanted to take more classes at the studio where I do my mentorship at. However, I made a commitment to my drama club by regularly attending practices no matter how small of a part I received. This caused a lot of difficulty in making time for classes alongside doing homework so I had to find a way to get around it. I discovered the amazing accessibility the internet has to offer! With that, I used a lot of YouTube videos to compensate for the classes I didn't have time to go to and it made up for it quite well. I practiced many different styles of yoga for about an hour to two hours about 3 times a week.

INTERPRETIVE

I have also conducted mini yoga sessions after classes have ended, right before I close the studio. Here are some pictures of me doing a basic, universal sun salutation.

Downward dog

Plank

Chaturanga

 Updog (NOT cobra!)

Big toe forward bend

• Independent Component tag - This link will take you to all of my updates regarding my independent component including videos, written blogs and pictures.
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• Everything I've done in my independent demonstrated well over 30 hours of work. To me, yoga isn't only my senior topic; it's something that I enjoy doing on my own time. Because it's a hobby, I feel like it isn't homework to me. I put my all into it and treat it as if it's something not required to do. Although my independent component didn't quite go according to plan, I discovered loopholes such as at-home yoga videos on YouTube to make up for classes I missed. Of course, the videos don't add up to 30 hours but I like a lot of repetition until my body gets used to it and then I move on to another video. Alongside the YouTube videos, I was able to take a handful of  classes and I made sure that I signed up for a different instructor. Taking classes with different instructors on different days was an experience; I learned new styles with a twist of my teacher's preference. So no matter how many hours I've done, I think the content and material that I've learned in one class was very significant.

APPLIED

• Completing my Independent Component gave me a great foundation of yoga and led me in the right direction to build off of it and discover more. Learning by myself through books and videos was a whole new experience compared to going to classes, but both were extremely helpful in showing me where to take my topic next. When I took classes, I guess you can say it was a "hands-on" experience. If I wasn't able to do a pose correctly, a teacher was readily available to be and can make modifications specifically altering the pose for my body. There was always the influence of other people at classes too. Again, if I got lost in the pose, I can refer to my neighbor to get me back on track. The whole yoga environment at the studio alone changes a lot of things. When I did yoga on my own, I constantly read about poses or listened through videos. It was a whole new learning process to me seeing as I've never done yoga at my own discretion, but that's the greatest part about it -- I learned how to do yoga on my own, without the help or influence of teachers and students. If my mentorship at Yoganette Yoga Studio ends, I know that I can rely on myself for a satisfactory (and free!) yoga session at the comfort of my own home.