Australian_Yoga_Journal-January_2018

59

january 2018

yogajournal.com.au

DEEPENING

FOCUS FOR AN

Effortless

Flow

perhaps a few OMs, at the end of class

there’s a feeling of completion and

accomplishment. Whether you’re

creating a sequence for your own

personal practice or you’re working

on something to teach your students,

understanding how sequencing works

is essential.

I’ve been practicing since the

Seventies and leading Yoga Teacher

Trainings since 2003. As my own

practice and method has evolved, one

of the ongoing queries is how to move

deeper into poses while staying

present to your own experience.

Students and teachers alike can

sense a good sequence because you

feel really good afterwards! There

are many methods for creating a

sequence: working towards a peak

pose has been popular of late; or the

well-rounded approach (a little bit of

everything), and even the more

random (whatever feels good right now)

approach. Certainly any true

method can be honed to a successful

outcome—what we really want is for

ourselves and our students to finish a

practice with a feeling of well-being,

strength and a clear sense of Self. While