Teaching Hatha Yoga: Designing a lesson plan – Part 1
Which are the asanas, or postures of yoga, should you choose? How long should you hold each Yoga posture? What is the advantage of holding a yoga posture for minutes at a time?
Should you start or finish of a yoga and meditation? How do you include in your class Pranayama Yoga? These are some of the many questions that Yoga teachers must address and find solutions.
Which are the asanas or yoga postures should you choose? Some sequencing yoga posture is considered so important that some teachers of Yoga and Yoga Masters went through the trouble of patenting and copywriting them.
This is still a hot topic in certain circles, yoga, but the sequencing should ideally contain a mixture of standing, sitting, table, kneeling, balancing, lying, lying on his back and yoga postures.
This may not always be possible, if you are teaching a special class, as president of Prenatal Yoga and Yoga, but a variety postures of yoga has many health benefits for the mind, body and spirit.
On the surface, we know that Yoga helps us to live a better life – with improvements in pain, the immune system, circulation, eliminate toxins, and changing habits moderate regimes.
Therefore, all Yoga is better than no yoga at all. Therefore it is good to tell your students to add a daily routine of yoga in their lives.
If you can practice yoga more is fine, but new Yoga students may have difficulty fitting yoga in their lives for 15 minutes per day. This shows you how they are busy all day.
How long should a student hold each Yoga posture? If you teach a restorative, or style Iyengar, Yoga class, the postures are held for a while. The aim is mentioned above health care benefits for develop strength.
Most people think of Yoga as a class to "stretch" but holding postures for more than 20 seconds to put to the test the strength of your muscles. As time stretches, your muscles allow you to know they are being developed, and is much less friction joints that are exposed to the enjoyment of many other methods.
Vinyasa style Yoga class will not be the same posture for long, but Vinyasa classes are aerobic, while improving muscle tone and flexibility. Some fans insist Vinyasa Yoga Vinyasa is the ultimate method Cross-training.
To be honest, most students I teach are Vinyasa, on average, a generation younger than my students restorative yoga, and my chair yoga students are a generation older than my Restorative Yoga students. Therefore, the type Yoga sequencing should address the health conditions of students.
Copyright 2007 – Paul Jerard / Aura Publications
About the Author
Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, is a co-owner and the director of Yoga teacher training at: Aura Wellness Center in, Attleboro, MA. He has been a certified Master Yoga teacher since 1995.
http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org
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