How To Teach A Sun Salutation: Yoga Teaching Tips with Rachel 

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I feel you ♡ having my practical exam tomorrow and I am so nervous. Also broke my foot during the YTT and had surgery, and its even harder to literally go with the flow but not able to do the poses 🫠

Good to have you here Amaline! I'm glad it's helpful :)

Happy to connect with you here!! 😀

I’m so glad it’s helpful!

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🤗🙏🏻💗 I’m glad it is helpful 🙏🏻😊

My pleasure Michelle - nice to have you here :)

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Nice to have you here Lauren! 🤍🙏🏻

My pleasure Sarah :)

👍🏻 glad it was helpful Emma 💓

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I’m so glad it was useful Juliana! 🥰🎉

That’s amazing Natalie! Practice and all is coming 💗

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I’m so glad it’s helpful Tim ~ congratulations on doing your YTT 💪🏻And welcome to the community! Lots of resources here to get you going😁👍🏻

😆🙏🏻 thx Samantha ~ good to have you here!

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Very happy to hear it Rhiannon! Nice to connect with you here!🤍

I’m in that crew 😂

I’m glad this helped Inbal!

Colette, that is an awesome question and worth a Video! Stay tuned….💛💛

Hello! I'm glad the tips are helpful! Teaching kids and teenagers is not my specialty. That said, on the occasions that I have taught teenagers, I tend to treat them pretty much as adults. But maybe someone else reading this thread may have some specific suggestions?

Mmmmm that’s a good one. I sense a new video brewing….😁

@@RachelScottYoga That would be awesome! 😃

I agree - it is a great warm up! I think what you include in your hatha class really depends on how you - or your studio - defines what "hatha" means for the students. There is no universally agreed upon definition for hatha as a class style, so the class experience can vary widely from place to place. I personally don't include surya B in my hatha classes (though I would include in a flow or power for sure!) because my local definition for hatha is that it is a class style that uses more accessible and slower transitions. But that doesn't mean that you including surya A and B isn't a great idea - it just means that your definition of the "hatha" style may include more challenging movements than mine. Does that make sense?

@@RachelScottYoga Yes, it makes total sense. I only teach outdoor yoga at my house or another location and the classes are geared for beginners to intermediate students. I go at a slower pace with all the poses including Sun A and B and the students seem to like it. Sometimes I struggle what is best for the class and how much I still should learn. I power through but have had a few "deer in the headlights " moments over the past 2 years of teaching. Your videos are great! You always break things down in a way I understand and can use. Thank you!

@@rhclchannel Makes sense Heather! Sounds like you are paying good attention to what your students need 💜

That is so interesting. I just finished my YTT 200, and I never heard that Hatha is a specific style that doesn't include Sun Salutations. My teachers, plus Google searches I've done, say Hatha is an umbrella term for most Western yoga where the main focus is asanas. Where can I learn more?

Good question Dani ~ let me do a vid on this I think it’s a great inquiry 👍🏻

Hi Kristina! I want to give this a BIG caveat and say that studio style names vary depending on where you teach and what the conventions are. But in my experience, "hatha" tends to denote a style that is more alignment based, a little more accessible, and focuses more on static poses. So you can call the styles what you wish, but I think it's useful for us to consider these tools in a wider context of how you differentiate your own classes. I'm not sure where else this is specifically spoken to (I'm sure there are lots of places) but I do also address this in my sequencing mentorship specifically if that's of interest: rachel-scott.thinkific.com/courses/sequencing-mentorship-2023

Hi Stella! That is super common especially when it’s moving kind of quickly. It gets better over time :-)

I suppose it tends which practice and lineage you consider traditional :) In Ashtanga (the granddaddy of the majority of flow and power styles), both surya A and surya B are practiced with upward facing dog. There could be other lineages that do it differently. For reference, I use "traditional" to refer to conventions that derive from either the Iyengar or Ashtanga yoga styles.

That is a wonderful intention! And for newer practitioners, you would want to teach a nice modified and slow sun salutation💫👍🏻😄