Struggling with cueing in your yoga class? Learn effective techniques to refine your cues and enhance student understanding.
Summary
- Cue through activations for better understanding
- Explain muscle movements clearly
- Refer to yoga resource manuals for assistance
- Develop personalized cues through practice
Activations Improve Cueing
“One of the best things about my YTT is that we were explicitly taught to cue via activations. Body part-action-direction. So instead of cuing chaturanga as lowering down to the ground, cueing it as pulling your hands towards your feet (without moving them) or your head towards the front of the room, which pulls your body forward on the mat and hinges you down.”
Clear Muscle Contraction Descriptions
“Muscles move your body. Muscles only contract. To stretch a muscle, you contract its opposite muscle. Think about how to explain in plain English what muscle or group of muscles to contract.”
Utilizing Yoga Resource Manuals
“The yoga resource manual by Darren Rhodes is amazing for cueing.”
Personalized Cue Development
“Verb + body part + direction (ex.: lift left arm up). This is basic explanation. Teaching as many classes as possible will help develop personalized cues.”