Have you ever been in a yoga class and the teacher gives you a cue and you’re left scratching your head wondering what did they mean by that? It could be the word choice or the word combination or just a lack of understanding on your part as to what a particular term meant. It happens! And, the way we typically teach, no one can ask a question during class (I mean they could but people rarely do) so you’re left wondering.

This is probably a common experience of many students. And as teachers, one of our goals should be to use language that’s as easily understood by a beginning student as a more experienced one and to supplement any “inside type” language we use with a more basic term so students can learn the more esoteric wording and also know what we mean.

Today, I’m going to take you through cues for some fundamental poses so you can hear how the cues sound. I’ll break down the anatomy, alignment and key actions we want to see in the postures. I refer to a number of things in this episode, some of which are references I want you to have so I’ll share them here. The first one is an earlier episode on Cues, which was Episode 7. If you missed that one, go back and listen to it after this one. You can catch that here:

Episode 7: Types of Cues to Use 

Another thing I refer to is my anatomy manual. You can get that here:

The Bare Bones Yoga Guide to Anatomy 

One other thing I refer to is my webinar on Cues. You can watch that here:

Cues Webinar

Once you’re done listening, leave a comment here!