Tag: sequencing
How Thinking about Fashion Plates Helps You Plan Your Yoga Class
Thinking about segments of your class in chunks will let you quickly plan a balanced sequence that suits all levels. How to get started.
Preorder Sequencing Book and Get the Library Free
Preorder my forthcoming book, THE ART OF YOGA SEQUENCING, and get the companion video demo Sequence Library for free! Here’s how.
A New Approach to Balance Poses, Part 2
In my last post, I shared a video demo of how to get into some classic standing balance poses through shoulder and hip rotations. Here’s a follow-up that you could use to move into kneeling balance poses. Some of these shapes are pretty spicy! But you can sweeten them by: If you try this in…
Summer Camp for Yoga Teachers
Summer is coming! As it’s an odd-numbered year, we are offering Carolina Yoga Company’s advanced studies teacher training, aka our 500-hour YTT, aka a 300-hour YTT. (The Yoga Alliance recognizes your 200-hour YTT plus this 300-hour training to make you a 500-hour-trained teacher.) We offer our introductory teacher training in an intensive format in even-numbered…
Correct Dates for Sequencing: June 26–30
I’m reposting with the correct 2017 dates for Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste—I’d incorrectly used the 2015 dates before! I do hope you’ll join on June 26 for a week of creative work. Yoga and movement teachers: when did you last take plenty of time to play on your mat, create new sequences, collate them,…
Scheduled: Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste
Yoga and movement teachers: when did you last take plenty of time to play on your mat, create new sequences, collate them, and plan classes? Much of this work happens in small increments. Dedicate yourself to a full work week of creativity in Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste, and you’ll develop an invaluable playbook to keep your…
Watch: Sequencing Intensive: Sweet and Spicy
The latest video from my Sequencing intensive is a combo of medium-spicy balance work and completely sweet restorative yoga. In this online yoga class, filmed during Day 5 of Sage’s Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste, we warm up and move through two standing balance sequences, taking time to build slowly into each and…
Watch: Sequencing Intensive: Moon Salutations
Moon Salutations offer a wonderful complement to sun salutations—they focus on side bending, put no weight on the hands, and work facing the long side of the mat, meaning they target the inner and outer lines of the hips in ways sun salutations can’t. You’ll find them in my Athlete’s Pocket Guide to Yoga, and now…
Watch: Sequencing Intensive: Warrior Flows
Here’s another practice filmed during Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste. It’s an exploration of several of the practices in Everyday Yoga. In this online yoga class, filmed during Day 3 of Sage’s Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste, we practice several routines outlined in EVERYDAY YOGA: Leg Swing Flow; Warrior I Flow;…
Watch: Whole Body Balance
I recorded the practices during my teachers’ intensive Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste—always available online at sageyogateachertraining.com—and they will be rolling out on YogaVibes over the next few weeks. This is an opportunity to learn not just the what and how of the physical practice, but also the why: why these poses in this order? The first…
Register Now for Sequencing Early Bird Discount
Everyday Yoga isn’t just my next book, it’s also the distillation of my approach to sequencing yoga classes. And it’s the textbook for this upcoming continuing education course for yoga teachers, part of our 500-hour advanced studies yoga teacher training but also open to everyone from every style, teacher and student alike. I’m really looking forward to…
Read: How to Keep Your Teaching Fresh: Yoga Instructors Share Their Secrets
Yoga teachers will find some nice insider tips from experienced teachers in this post on Thrive, the Kripalu blog. I added my voice: Sage Rountree, author of several books on yoga for athletes and yoga sequencing: Our practice grows when we have a good balance of consistency and variety. First, we need the consistent elements…