Creative Sequencing, Assists, and Advanced Asana

This education program is part of the Radiance Yoga 300 Hour Teacher Training, and may also be taken separately as CEU’s for Yoga Alliance.

Utilizing a hands-on approach, this module will allow yoga teachers to effectively understand the basics of biomechanics to apply in their own teaching, sequencing, and assisting.

Many different sequencing structures will be explored so participants will learn different ways to sequence a class whether toward a peak posture, or creative fluidity. In addition, alternate entries and exits to poses, intentional transitions, and unique variations will be explored to stem creativity.

Learning Objectives:

• Guide students into some more challenging asanas including use of props, modifications, and variations
• Breakdown the set-up and alignment of 12 more advanced/challenging yoga postures
• Understand modifications, variations, and use of props for setting students up for success in advanced postures
• Discover ways to utilize props to help students with self assists
• Learn principles of providing assists including hands-on, verbal, and visual
• Recognize when assists are appropriate and what type of assist would most benefit the student
• Gain an understanding of the basics of anatomy and biomechanics to offer informed assists
• Cultivate language and insight to build creative sequences
• Discover where to look for inspiration and tap into personal creativity
• Investigate fluid transitions, tricky transitions, and how to make transitions deliberate, intelligent, and fun
• Use basic biomechanics to sequence for balancing energetics, creating strength, crating mobility in the body while ensuring joint ad spinal stability

Participants will:

• Participate in two flow style classes led by lead trainer
• Display knowledge of sequencing by creating a 60-minute yoga sequence including some advanced postures covered in the training
• Collaborate with other participants in discussion and feedback of their sequence
• Demonstrate meaningful and intelligent assists while teaching a short version of their own class sequence

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Total CEUs 20 (Contact: 18 hours / Non-Contact: 2 hours)