Bones and Joints

What’s Included

• 41 hours of facilitation for teaching trainees how to cue, sequence, and teach yoga
• Practical step by step skill building for teaching excellence
• Sequencing for the peak pose sequencing style in both hatha and vinyasa styles
• Ethics for yoga teachers
• Robust foundation in the business of yoga
• Introduction to teaching yoga online and use of classroom elements
• 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

See individual lesson plans for all 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 cuing (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 Cuing Lessons (13 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)
• How To Teach: Demonstrations (90 min)

Sequencing Lessons (19 hours)

• Sequencing Introduction (90 minutes)
• Sequencing: Class Structure (30 min)
• Class Styles (60 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 (3 hours)
• Sequencing Worksheets (2.5 hours)
  • Standing Pose Worksheet (1 hour)
  • Paired Action Worksheet (30 min)
  • Integration Worksheet (1 hour)
• Create A Class (6.5 hours)

Business of Yoga (5 hours)

• Your Teaching Mission (1 hour)
• Getting Started (2 hours)
• Building Your Business (2 hours)

Teaching Yoga Online, an Introduction (1 hour)

Classroom Elements (1.5 hours)

Demonstrations (1.5 hours)