212: Principles Of Teaching 2

Understanding how yoga poses are similar and different can equip you to both sequence and teach more clearly, safely, and effectively. In this course, you will see how yoga poses can be divided up into different "families," each of which share similar characteristics, benefits, risks, and teaching techniques. By understanding the particular characteristics of each family, you will deepen your understanding of asana and be able to guide your students more skillfully through their practices. This robust course contains detailed information to support practicing, sequencing, and teaching. You will be able to return to this course again and again to refine your teaching skills.

Note for CE Credits: If you are a current teacher taking this course for Yoga Alliance CE credits, you may submit for 8 hours: 6 hours of credit in Teaching Methodology and 2 hours of credit in Techniques, Training and Practice. 

Course Curriculum

212: Principles Of Teaching 2

    1. START HERE

    2. HOW TO TAKE THIS COURSE

    3. SYLLABUS

    4. ABOUT YOUR FACULTY

    5. COURSE MATERIALS

    6. Q&A

    1. LESSON OVERVIEW

    2. FAMILIES OF POSES

    3. LESSON SUMMARY

    1. LESSON OVERVIEW

    2. MEDITATION POSES AND JOURNAL REFLECTION #1

    3. BENEFITS AND RISKS - DEBRIEF

    4. EXEMPLAR POSES AND TEACHING ACTIVITY #1

    5. QUIZ: LESSON TWO

    6. LESSON SUMMARY

    1. LESSON OVERVIEW AND JOURNAL REFLECTION #2

    2. SURYA NAMASKAR

    3. PRACTICING SURYA NAMASKAR

    4. VARIATIONS OF SURYA NAMASKAR AND TEACHING ACTIVITY #2

    5. QUIZ: LESSON THREE

    6. LESSON SUMMARY

    1. LESSON OVERVIEW

    2. ALL STANDING POSES

    3. NEUTRAL SYMMETRICAL POSES

    4. NEUTRAL SYMMETRICAL: EXEMPLAR POSES AND TEACHING ACTIVITY #3

    5. EXTERNALLY ROTATED POSES

    6. EXTERNALLY ROTATED POSES: EXEMPLAR POSES AND TEACHING ACTIVITY #4

    7. NEUTRAL ASYMMETRICAL POSES

    8. NEUTRAL ASYMMETRICAL: EXEMPLAR POSES AND TEACHING ACTIVITY #5

    9. NEUTRAL STANDING TWISTS

    10. NEUTRAL STANDING TWISTS AND TEACHING ACTIVITY #6

    11. QUIZ: LESSON FOUR

    12. LESSON SUMMARY

    1. LESSON OVERVIEW

    2. ACTIVE HIP OPENERS

    3. ACTIVE HIP OPENERS: EXEMPLAR POSES AND TEACHING ACTIVITY #7

    4. QUIZ: LESSON FIVE

    5. LESSON SUMMARY

About this course

  • $45.00
  • 66 lessons

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the common benefits and risk factors for each family of poses: meditation poses, surya namaskar, standing poses, active hip openers, hand balancings, inversions, backbends, seated poses, and reclined poses.

  • Describe the key teaching and sequencing principles for each family of poses.

  • Effectively and safely teach one exemplar pose from each family of poses.

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Student Reviews

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Well designed, structured and delivered

Abigail Watkins

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Wonderful course

Rebecca Coltrane

Enjoyed the tips and in-depth knowledge of the instructor. Love she gave modifications and spoke to the importance of teaching cues for all students.

Enjoyed the tips and in-depth knowledge of the instructor. Love she gave modifications and spoke to the importance of teaching cues for all students.

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Joan Turlington

Wow! Robust is right-I thought I’d never get through this lesson. And I only just “got through.” To internalize and own all this information could take years...

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Wow! Robust is right-I thought I’d never get through this lesson. And I only just “got through.” To internalize and own all this information could take years. Very very interesting, but overwhelming and intimidating also. I’ll be coming back to this one.

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Meet Your Instructor

E-RYT 500, LMT, MFA, MS Rachel Scott

Teacher trainer, author and ERYT 500 instructor, Rachel has spent thousands of hours leading YTTs, mentoring teachers and helping students uncover and express their voice, passion and potential by building the pragmatic skills that they need to share their own teaching voice with confidence.

To build this robust and transformational YTT, she combined her extensive academic training as an educator (M.Sci Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies, BA Columbia University, Phi Beta Kappa) with her cumulative experience as a trainer, teacher, and mentor.

An anatomy nerd, Rachel is also a licensed massage therapist and has spent hundreds of hours in the cadaver lab. Her books include, "Yoga for Mind, Body & Spirit," "Living Yoga," and "Head Over Heels: A Yogis' Guide to Dating." Connect with her on Instagram and YouTube @rachelscottyoga.