An inclusive guide for yoga teachers and practitioners to create balanced movement sequences and well-rounded classes for all students.
Discover a unified theory for sequencing fresh, contemporary yoga and mindful-movement classes that reflect the diversity of modern practitioners.
Yoga instruction innovator Sage Rountree’s approach to teaching grows from a simple truth: bodies feel better when they move in many different ways and directions.
But in a social-media fueled yoga scene that over-celebrates acrobatic, unrealistic poses, it’s easy for even the most experienced instructor to lose touch with their students. The fix is clear: Real students need simple lessons taught clearly.
Yoga teacher, trainer, and bestselling author Sage Rountree draws on years of expert experience to offer a fresh, contemporary approach to yoga sequencing and mindful movement that reflects the diversity and meets the needs of the modern yogi.
The Art of Yoga Sequencing celebrates students of all kinds, styles, and levels. Grounded in exercise physiology while honoring yoga traditions, Rountree’s new offering includes:
- Adaptable examples, templates, and preset lesson plans
- 475 inclusive photos demonstrating over 35 full sequences
- Actionable tips for increasing student accessibility
- Creative ideas for props, lighting, music, and more
Whether you’re a current or aspiring teacher or advanced practitioner, you’ll find here every tool you need to create inspired yoga classes and home practices. Even if you teach in a set format—like at a franchise or strongly branded studio—this yoga tool kit will help you lead students along any path with a clarity that honors all bodies.
This book demystifies what a yoga class is in both structure and intention. While my YTT was full of Bhava and philosophy it took a practical guide like this to actually give me the resources to easily plan classes. I truly mean it, EASILY plan classes. Without giving it all away Sage has created a very simple, modular system of putting together classes with actual logic and purpose, I now approach all my planning with these principals in mind and have no trouble at all.
What a fantastic resource for new (or struggling) teachers who need some guidance in the world of sequencing. I now don't feel stresses at all on this topic and my students seem quite happy with the classes (they tell me so and most importantly, keep coming back).
Can't recommend this book highly enough, it should sit on your shelf proudly right next to The Gita & Patanjali.
The exact spice to your yoga teaching
Honestly, Sage’s guidance is very helpful and I am so grateful that I came upon her book.
I highly recommend it.
6 stars out of 5!!!