Whenever i lead an instruction to a cobra pose, this student would later let out a sigh. I would apply the same adjustment on the same cobra pose for the same issue. This is habit. In this pattern, i could foresee the arriving adjustment i'd to do.
I later pull back my adjustment, but pointed out verbally about her mistake. Every time when i reminded her about the same point, she would reveal some irritation on her face. This time, when entering the cobra pose once again, i kept quiet. Interestingly, her face frowned a little and made the adjustment herself.
She released the pose and told me, " Aiya! I kept making the same mistake. Adeline, you know why i keep doing cobra like this? I learnt it in a class last time, the teacher did not make any adjustment in the class, and i did not know i was not doing the correct thing.
And now, i have to unlearn everything and learn it again."
Interesting. Very few of us realize the habits that we're in until we see something else. But then again, even if we know, how many of us are willing to put that much of the effort to make it right?
Learning is one thing, learning to unlearn makes a whole lot of difference in our learning journey.
When unlearning, we're also stepping backwards to the place where we first started--- and bringing in new knowledge.
Its very OK to doing things right slowly, instead of doing things wrong quickly. If we fail to get it right previously, then make it right this time.
What's there to rush anyway?
I later pull back my adjustment, but pointed out verbally about her mistake. Every time when i reminded her about the same point, she would reveal some irritation on her face. This time, when entering the cobra pose once again, i kept quiet. Interestingly, her face frowned a little and made the adjustment herself.
She released the pose and told me, " Aiya! I kept making the same mistake. Adeline, you know why i keep doing cobra like this? I learnt it in a class last time, the teacher did not make any adjustment in the class, and i did not know i was not doing the correct thing.
And now, i have to unlearn everything and learn it again."
Interesting. Very few of us realize the habits that we're in until we see something else. But then again, even if we know, how many of us are willing to put that much of the effort to make it right?
Learning is one thing, learning to unlearn makes a whole lot of difference in our learning journey.
When unlearning, we're also stepping backwards to the place where we first started--- and bringing in new knowledge.
Its very OK to doing things right slowly, instead of doing things wrong quickly. If we fail to get it right previously, then make it right this time.
What's there to rush anyway?
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