Episode: 156

5 Cueing Styles to Enhance Your Yoga Class Today

Teaching a yoga and asana class is not just about cueing. I believe that in the modern yoga world, teacher trainings, and yoga studios have placed too much emphasis on cueing over the past few decades. Teachers have been trained to cue and improve their cues, but I think that a lot of it comes down to communication. I always emphasize that we should focus on communicating yoga, not just cueing yoga. Therefore, I always teach the communication of yoga rather than just cueing yoga classes.

I know you agree with me that a yoga class involves much more than just calling out poses. It’s a live conversation between the instructor and the student, involving words, body movement, breath, and expressions.

In this episode, I aim to highlight the significance of cueing as a crucial component of your skill set. Over the years, I have crafted five distinct queuing styles, and I am excited to share them with you. These styles are straightforward and practical. I encourage you to take note of them and consider integrating one, two, three, or all five into your classes.

Episode Highlights:

  • Teaching a yoga or an asana class is not solely about cueing.
  • Yoga classes in America
  • The challenge of being a good communicator
  • My goal in every class
  • 5 Cueing Styles to Enhance Your Yoga Class
    • Directional cueing
    • Action-oriented cueing
    • Expansive cueing
    • Experiential cueing
    • Benefit cueing
  • Reasons why Down Dog is one of the best poses

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