Ep 125: Sequencing: Why Less Is More

About this episode

This episode challenges the belief that creative and varied yoga sequences are necessary for student retention, offering a new perspective on sequencing.

If you think you need to have creative sequences that are wildly different every week to retain students, or that the creative demonstrates a teaching skill, then this episode is for you! In this episode, I will directly challenge this belief. If you have ever felt anxious about being too repetitive or wondered whether your regular students are getting bored, this conversation is going to give you a different way to think about what your sequencing is actually doing for the students in your c...

People in this episode

Host: Monica Bright

Topics covered

• sequencing
• yoga teaching
• student retention
• repetitiveness
• creative sequences

Keywords

• yoga
• sequencing
• teaching
• students
• repetitive
• creative
• anxiety

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