Kathryn Blackie - Yoga & Outdoor Activities

Yoga & Outdoor Activities

I work often with adults and young people, leading groups on and around Dartmoor. Activities range from leading walks to teaching navigation and camp-craft skills to climbing and kayaking. The experiences offered by activities on and around the moor promote independence, challenge, imagination, team-work and co-operation in students of all ages.

Yoga practices and ideas ideally mesh with the skills and attitudes needed for outdoor activities. I don't necessarily teach yoga practices whilst doing outdoor activity sessions (though I do where groups request this) but all sessions are conducted with an attitude of yogic acceptance and ethics.

National Navigation Award Scheme Courses
Learn to navigate safely and confidently on Dartmoor

Bronze Award - Level 1
Can be undertaken without previous navigation experience Learn navigation using paths, tracks and other linear features Learn basic map interpretation and how to use a compass 2 days training plus optional 3 hour assessment £90 for 2-day training course £30 for optional assessment Maximum instructor to student ratio is 1:6 Contact me to arrange a course for your group or to be added to my waiting list. As soon as I have enough enquiries I will arrange a course to suit all participants.

Bronze Award - Level 1

Can be undertaken without previous navigation experience
Learn navigation using paths, tracks and other linear features
Learn basic map interpretation and how to use a compass
2 days training plus optional 3 hour assessment
£90 for 2-day training course
£30 for optional assessment
Maximum instructor to student ratio is 1:6

Contact me to arrange a course for your group or to be added to my waiting list.
As soon as I have enough enquiries I will arrange a course to suit all participants.

Silver Award - Level 2
Designed to take those with Bronze Award skills to the next level, after an appropriate period of consolidation by personal experience Use skills acquired at Bronze level and add skills required to navigate to features and places some distance from paths and tracks Learn accurate compass work and learn how to use a range of navigation techniques to go cross-country safely and effectively 2 days training plus optional 3 hour assessment £90 for 2-day training course £30 for optional assessment Maximum instructor to student ratio is 1:6 Contact me to arrange a course for your group or to be added to my waiting list. As soon as I have enough enquiries I will arrange a course to suit all participants.

Silver Award - Level 2

Designed to take those with Bronze Award skills to the next level,
after an appropriate period of consolidation by personal experience
Use skills acquired at Bronze level and add skills required to navigate
to features and places some distance from paths and tracks
Learn accurate compass work and learn how to use a range of
navigation techniques to go cross-country safely and effectively
2 days training plus optional 3 hour assessment
£90 for 2-day training course
£30 for optional assessment
Maximum instructor to student ratio is 1:6

Contact me to arrange a course for your group or to be added to my waiting list.
As soon as I have enough enquiries I will arrange a course to suit all participants.

Outdoor Activity Qualifications
National Navigation Award Scheme Instructor and Assessor
Mountain Leader Training U.K. Walking Group Leader
British Mountaineering Council Single Pitch Climbing Leader
Devon County Council Cycle Training Instructor
Callout member of Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Tavistock)

I work with other local instructors, where necessary, in order to offer a full range of outdoor activities.
Please contact me for more information about any of these courses or to discuss any other outdoor activity sessions.