Yoga Sequencing: Designing Transformative Yoga Lessons

Very detailed, especially for this student
More information than I’ll ever use. Very comprehensive. A little too many hindu words and detail for my liking, but it lays out many yoga routines, including those with different health conditions and stages of life. Young and old will benefit from this book. If you’re thinking of being a yoga instructor or maybe you’re an intermediate or advanced practitioner, this book is for you. Spiral bound book is well constructed. I’d definitely buy again.

A Treasure Trove
Whether you teach yoga or simply practice it, this book is a goldmine of information. From the beginning principles of class construction in the opening chapters to the sample sequences of popular Hatha yoga practices that conclude the book, Mr. Stephens provides a detailed and comprehensive look into effective ordering of asanas. For example, if the goal of the class is to focus on deep back bends, the author recommends preparing students for the necessary flexibility with poses that emphasize stretching the hip flexors, chest, and abdominal muscles. He discourages intensive core work immediately prior to deep back bends because the tightened muscles inhibit elongation and extension of the spine. After the work with back bends, he proposes gentle twisting motions or core exercises to release any tension in the spine.
This book is full of suggestions for sequences covering the range of students: children, seniors, pregnant women, beginners, intermediates, and advanced. There are sequences emphasizing the main asana families—back bends, hip openers, forward bends, inversions, arm balances, twisting, and standing balances—as well as those for relaxation and balancing the chakras and doshas. And if you prefer to put together your own practice, the author includes a wonderful section on the constituent elements of 115 asanas, outlining areas that need to be flexible, areas that need to be stable, which asanas provide good preparation for the pose, which are appropriate follow-ups, and what the effective counterposes are.
As if all that isn’t enough, the author includes sections on the various forms of Sun Salutation, effective cueing and teacher interaction, and a glossary of anatomical and yoga terms.
In all, this is a thorough and informative resource that will enhance the effectiveness of your classes and practice.

Great for anyone who wants to understand why asanas are …
This book is very well written and very in-depth. Great for anyone who wants to understand why asanas are put together the way they are in practices or for someone who wants to design their own sequence. The book has some sequences as well, which you can use in your practice, but if you are mostly interested in premade sequences this may not be the book for you. Despite the example sequences, most of the book is devoted to things you need to know when you are ready to start doing your own thing. To me, the best part of the book is Appendix B, which takes each asana and tells you what needs to be open, what asanas help you open for that pose, what needs to be stabilized, what asanas can help you stabilize, what asanas can be used to work up to that asana (if it is a more advanced one), and what asanas serve as counterposes. This is extremely helpful when you start looking at what you need to put in your sequence.

Es una gran guía
Muy bueno para tener como guía para diseñar clases, especialmente si eres profesor principiante, como yo. Además, tiene secuencias para diferentes condiciones médicas, lo cual encontré muy útil

Testo che tutti gli insegnanti yoga dovrebbero avere
L’autore qui si è superato
Dettagli e sequenze che puoi fornire ai propri allievi per lezioni superlative
Condigliatissimo

5 stars. A good text book for yoga teachers. Feels just like I am studying in a yoga school. I wish my TTC had explained all this teaching methodology in detail.
For teachers, don’t think this book is it. You will have to work very very hard to assimilate all the information in the book.
Good luck