Task 2a - Reflective Practice

When I first looked at this task I thought it was going to be difficult alike what I first felt about blogging, but in fact I couldn't have been more wrong.  I am really enjoying writing a journal as it gives me time to 'wind down'.  Teaching involves late nights and ideas and thoughts swimming through my mind, and I tend to find it hard to sleep.   The adrenaline still pumping and my mind racing doesn't go well with trying to sleep and I have wondered how I would get over it.  Writing my journal is helping in more ways than one.  All the thoughts that were once driving me up the wall with not being able to sleep are now spilling out onto paper and making a lot more sense.  Journal writing is definitely something I will keep up and I really think it is helping me be better at what I do.   I can tell I have not done a lot of writing for a while, as my arm aches each night from writing so much.  I am finding it quite easy to reflect when I have been teaching or choreographing, but when I have just done a normal days work it is sometimes hard and so I will experiment with different techniques to help me reflect.   I remember a teacher once said to me that her best ideas came to her when trying to sleep and she kept a note book by her bed to scribble down her thoughts so she wouldn't forget them!