![]() ![]() Spend at least a minute or so in silence to give your students space to ground, connect with their breath, and integrate their intention.Use the heat of today’s practice to transform something within you. Heat transforms - water into steam, raw ingredients into beautiful meals.Use the heat to create something beautiful within you, or to burn away something you’re ready to release. Choose any intent that resonates with you, or try one of these summer themed intentions:.Seated Meditation & Intent Setting in Sukhasana.You should be finished with Sun Salutations by about the 15-minute mark.įor a 75-minute class, you may be able to repeat the peak flow two or three times so that students can explore getting further into their Half Splits or Full Splits. The sequence utilizes multiple peaks, including Half Moon, Wild Thing, and Half or Full Splits.įor a 60-minute class, keep the opening integration portion to five minutes or less. This sequence focuses on stretching the hips, hamstrings, and side body. ![]() Ready to Bring the Heat? Here’s the Hot Yoga Sequence Give your students options for resting poses that keep their head above their hearts, like Sukhasana or Virasana, to help them bring their heart rate down. Part of the job of a hot yoga teacher is to monitor the heat and watch students for signs of overheating. Some students may have difficulty regulating their body temperature due to a number of reasons including hypertension, diabetes, and many other issues that are not immediately obvious. Use the heat to your advantage and move mindfully.Įncourage your students to rest when they’d like to and drink water as needed. ![]() Moving fast through poses in any environment puts your students at greater risk of injury anyway as it's harder to focus on alignment when you’re going fast. Their hearts are working hard to circulate more blood so you don’t need to move quickly through poses. Side note: If your class is very full, you can take the heat down a degree or two.Īdding heat makes your students burn more calories because their bodies are already working harder to regulate their body temperature. You want your students to leave feeling good, not drained. Adjust the heat, open the door, and modify your sequence to include more cooling postures.If your students are dropping like flies and you find a good number of your class stopping for water breaks or resting often, your room is probably too hot. Many people equate hot yoga with Bikram yoga, which is a set sequence of 26 postures, but in fact hot yoga can be sequenced creatively.ĭepending on the studio you teach or practice at, even the temperature and humidity level can (and in my opinion, should) be changed up.Ī few important things to note if you’re teaching in a heated studio: How is Teaching Hot Yoga Different from Teaching Non-Heated Yoga? The added element of heat helps to boost heart health, helps manage stress, increases lung capacity, burns more calories, and improves skin health. On top of all of the benefits of practicing yoga, hot yoga has its own additional benefits. This hot yoga sequence is perfect for enjoying outside on a hot summer’s day, or inside of a hot yoga studio.
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