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After bringing awareness to the importance of mental health I thought it would be great to teach people how to maintain a healthy mindset...
S part of ‘Our Apprenticeship
Journey’ campaign we sometimes focus on specific themes from
the events calendar for each month. Last October I focused on Mental Health Awareness and put together a display in the library and hosted quizzes on our Instagram page for people to test their knowledge.
After bringing awareness to the importance of mental health I thought it would be great to teach people how to maintain a healthy mindset, so for November I decided to focus on Self- Care Week.
Whilst I was studying at college, before my apprenticeship, I joined a yoga class each week. I really enjoyed taking part in the sessions and was fascinated by how it had such a positive affect on my physical and mental wellbeing.
Healthy mindset
Since leaving college and starting my apprenticeship I still do regular yoga sessions from home and find it really helps me to keep a healthy mindset. After looking at the library’s events calendar I noticed that Self-Care Week was just around the corner; I thought it would be great to incorporate my love for yoga into Self-Care Week inspiring others to try it too. I started to put together a display in the library all about yoga. This included a few facts about yoga and books covering the topics of yoga and mindfulness. The display looked great and I uploaded a short video of my display to social media for those who couldn’t make it to the library due to the lockdown.
To spread the word about yoga even April-May 2021
more I decided to put together a short booklet to introduce yoga. The booklet included photos of myself doing some simple yoga poses along with some text about how to do them. I also added some information around where people could find a yoga class near them. At the back of the booklet I also added the Dewey codes for books which covered yoga subjects, so people knew where to find them in the library.
Overcoming restrictions I worked with Judith, who leads the Mental Health working party. She was really supportive about my ideas and we looked at ways to adapt my booklet to comply with the Covid-19 restrictions. We decided to convert my booklet into a digitised one and upload to our social media pages; not only did this conform to the Covid-19 restrictions but it meant customers didn’t need to come along to Huddersfield Library collect it. Any customers interacting with our services online would be able to have access. Whilst making some changes to the booklet I decided to add in some relaxing music along with some narration to talk through each of the poses. The booklet came together really well, taking the form of a guided yoga session.
Leading
After creating the digital booklet, I had a light bulb moment! I thought what a great idea it would be to involve my yoga teacher (TJ) in a casual chat on Streamyard (a broadcasting studio) for people to learn a little bit more about yoga and its benefits. I’d used Streamyard before for LAL! (Library Adventures Live) events and the Cosmia Festival and absolutely loved
Hannah Armitage is an apprentice librarian at Kirklees Libraries
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it. I mentioned the idea at a meeting with Judith, she thought it sounded great and so I got into contact with TJ to see if she’d be interested. TJ was more than happy to be involved; I sent her across some details on how to access Streamyard. I also sent across a few questions I’d ask her at the event, so she could prepare. I was so excited to be leading on my own project for the first time.
The session went really well. TJ shared her tips on how to get into yoga and spoke all about it’s benefits on your physical, mental and emotional health. She talked about how she started her yoga practice and what type of diet she follows. The session was pre-recorded and I uploaded it to the Kirklees Libraries YouTube channel for Self-Care Week along with my digitised yoga booklet. I absolutely loved leading my own project, I was so pleased how well everything came together and I hope I have inspired others to take up yoga and they are feeling its benefits. IP
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