Bones and Joints

What’s Included

11.5 hours of facilitation for teaching trainees how to cue and teach yoga effectively and safely.

• Trainer notes to guide you every step of the way
• Fun and interactive discussions and activities to drive learning home
• Student handouts in Google Docs (downloadable as PDF or Word)

Learning Objectives

By the end of these eleven lessons, your students will be able to:

• Describe key teaching and cueing concepts in your own words (general form, space/stability, direct language, linking language, inclusion, etc.)
• See students from an individual and inclusive perspective
• Describe key simple and balanced actions that can be cued universally in all poses
• Use direct language to cue yoga poses effectively from the ground up
• Use simple and paired muscular actions to enliven the expression of the pose
• Use supportive cues to stabilize risk factors and transitions
• Use root-rebound cues to deepen the experience of the pose
• Offer students effective and supportive verbal assists
• Accurate cue the breath to support the experience and biomechanics of the posture

Lesson Plans

Teaching Methodology and Cuing Lessons (11.5 hours)

• What is Good Teaching? (30 min)
• Principles of Teaching (60 min)
• Cuing
  • How to Cue Foundation (Hands and Feet) (60 min)
  • How to Cue Position (30 min)
  • How to Cue Actions (90 min)
  • How to See Students (45 min)
  • How to Cue Verbal Assists (45 min)
  • How to Cue Diagonal Paired Actions (90 min)
  • How to Cue the Breath (90 min)
  • How to Cue Root Rebound (60 min)
  • How to Cue Transitions (90 min)