What’s Included

• Almost 47 hours of facilitation for teaching trainees how to sequence, cue, and teach yoga
• Practical step by step skill building for teaching excellence
• Robust foundation in the Business of Yoga
• Sequencing for the peak pose sequencing style in both hatha and vinyasa styles
• Trainer notes to guide you every step of the way
• Fun and interactive discussions and activities to drive learning home
• Student handouts – provided in PDF and Word

Learning Objectives

By the end of these 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 their 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 expressive cueing (actions, root-rebound) to deepen the experience of the pose
• Offer students effective and supportive verbal assists
• Accurately cue the breath to support the experience and biomechanics of the postures
• Create an hour long vinyasa or hatha style class using peak pose sequencing guidelines
• Properly pace the four parts of class to create a well-rounded class experience in the hatha and vinyasa style
• Articulate their yoga teaching mission and have a practical game plan for beginning their career.

Lesson Plans

Teaching Methodology and Cueing Lessons (15.25 hours)

• What is Good Teaching? (30 min)
• Principles of Teaching (1.5 hours)
• Cueing
  • How to Cue Foundation (Hands and Feet) (60 min)
  • How to Cue Position (30 min)
  • How to Cue Universal Actions (60 min)
  • How to Cue Verbal Assists (60 min)
  • How to Cue Actions (75 min)
  • How to Cue Diagonal Paired Actions (1.5 hour)
  • How to Cue the Breath (1.5 hour)
  • How to Cue Root Rebound (60 min)
  • How to Cue Transitions (1.5 hour)
• How To Teach Multilevel Classes (1.5 hour)
• How To Teach: Demonstrations (1.5 hour)
• Classroom Elements (1.5 hour)

Sequencing Lessons (16.5 hours)

• Sequencing Introduction (1 hour)
• Sequencing: Class Structure (30 min)
• Class Styles (30 min)
• Sequencing Review Lessons (4 hours)
  • Review select asana practices through the lens of peak pose sequencing
  • Helps students to apply their understanding of sequencing to their class experience
• Sequencing: Vinyasa and Transitions (2.5 hours)
• Sequencing Worksheets (2 hours)
  • Standing Pose Worksheet
  • Paired Action Worksheet
  • Integration Worksheet
• Create A Class (6 hours)

Ethics (5.5 hours)

• Ethics 1 (1.5 hours)
• Ethics 2 (1 hour)
• Ethics 3 (1 hour)
• Ethics 4 (2 hours)

Business (8 hours)