Showing posts with label sharing knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sharing knowledge. Show all posts

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Who's an expert?

I wanted to make a quick post about a cool connection I made this evening.

When I got home from school, my housemate, Melissa, was making enchiladas for dinner group. She was running a bit short on time, so I suggested that she make enchilada casserole instead of rolling the individual enchiladas.

What does this have to do with anything??

I just made enchilada casserole for the first time last Sunday (with lots of guidance over the phone from my mom) and then here I was four days later showing Melissa how to do it! And I acted like an expert (which I had to, because compared to her, I was the expert)!

It reminded me of Dr. Burton's post about learning to crochet from an "expert" who had learned the day before.

The cool thing is that if I weren't taking this class, I don't think I would have thought twice about this process of suddenly becoming an expert through the process of sharing knowledge. It's exciting to recognize it happening in my everyday life!

Oh! As an extra tidbit: I don't use a recipe for the casserole my mom makes, but if you want to get an idea of how it's made, check out this link!


Friday, September 16, 2011

Trees with Ease

Me teaching the other Jenna the tree pose
For my teaching of folk knowledge, I decided to show two of my room mates, Jenna and Kieren, a few Yoga and Pilates moves. Yoga and Pilates share many similarities, but while Yoga is more spiritually and mentally based, Pilates is based more on working out. So, I enjoy doing a mix of the two. First, I made a short, fifteen minute workout routine consisting of basic Pilates moves such as the Pilates 100 and the single leg stretch, as well as some basic Yoga positions of Warrior, Cat, Cow, and the Tree pose.