Intermediate / Advanced Students
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Adaptation
Overview
In this lesson, we explore how to challenge and serve intermediate to advanced students through pacing, pose selection, sequencing, and practices beyond asana.
Objective
Become familiar with strategies for teaching experienced students, including how to invite discernment and create appropriately challenging classes.
What You'll Get
You'll discover that challenging experienced practitioners isn't just about harder poses. You'll learn how to vary pacing and flow, understand what different students find challenging, and sequence in ways that honor students' experience while opening new dimensions of practice. Whether you're an advanced practitioner looking to deepen your own practice or a teacher adapting to a more experienced group, you'll gain tools beyond the physical—including inviting students to find balance between open-mindedness and intelligent questioning.
Questions Answered Here
- What are two different ways you can challenge students through pacing and flow.
- Describe ways in which experienced students may differ in what they find challenging.
- What are some relatively challenging poses you might consider for students who are experienced in asana?
- What is a common sequencing approach used for experienced students?
- Give examples of yoga tools aside from poses that you can use to help more advanced students of asana open to new dimensions.
Introduction
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