Yoga Poses for Teachers and Students
Welcome to YogaClassPlan.com directory of yoga poses, a growing resource created for both teachers and students of yoga.
For Yoga Teachers: All articles have been written by other teachers for the purpose of assisting you in both instruction and commentary throughout your class. Make sure you check out the “teacher queues” section, designed for you to use as is or as a resource for helping you spin and create class commentary in your own style.
For Yoga Students: Follow step-by-step posture instructions; discover different counter poses and variations, contraindications and much more.
About This Directory
This directory was created as an additional resource for our members and subscribers. Our goal is to have at least one article published for every posture available within our yoga class planning software
The table below provides a description of the various sections covered within each article.
- The Pose: detailed comments and instructions that cover the complete range of students entering and exiting a given yoga pose.
- Teacher Queues: this is the section we feel will deliver the most value. In the near future, we will add a dynamic element that let’s other teachers contribute their own queues. We have four sections:
- Visualization: interesting and different comments teachers can use to help students achieve the correct position
- Technical: the specific details of how the body should be anatomically positioned
- Benefit: comments on how a given yoga pose benefits the body and mind
- Watch out for: correctional position comments that are common in a given pose as well as possible pain points.
- Contraindications: scenarios where students should avoid a given yoga posture
- Modifications: comments teachers can use to help students modify a pose so it’s within their comfort level
- Variations: different yoga poses you can offer your students that are similar, but different
- Yoga Counter Poses: a list of yoga poses you can counter with
How to Contribute a Yoga Pose Article
If you are a yoga teacher and wish to contribute an article, please submit the form below and we will send you a word doc template as well as a list of yoga poses we do not yet have articles for. An author credit including bio and link back to a web page of your choice will be included in each piece you submit.
