In the early days of teaching yoga, I remember being simultaneously thrilled and terrified all at once.

I so desperately wanted to give to my students the experience I’d had from yoga: my practice was a powerful force for healing, it had brought me out of a deep depression and helped me know myself better, feel safe in my body, and feel at home within a community.

How could I share this? How could I give this away, this gift of yoga? How could I help other people find some relief from stress, pain, and exhaustion?

But first— how could I deal with the sense of self-doubt and anxiety that was looming over me every time I went to teach?

I remember being so nervous, wondering if I’d remember the words we’d learned in teacher training. My hands were shaking when I’d walk to the front of the room to start class. Oh God, I thought, what if my playlist isn’t working? What if the room is too hot? What if I totally blank out and forget what to say?

Any pose I spoke out loud felt like an opportunity to fail. To choke. To make a fool of myself.

I cared so much.

Maybe I cared too much.

I remember midway through the summer when something clicked for me. My confidence started to shift because I had found a new tool to open up my voice.

I had started this routine of saying the words out loud while driving in my car. I was driving a lot— at the time I lived in Sacramento and would hang out with a group of friends in Tahoe, about a 90 minute drive each direction that I was making almost every Friday and Sunday.

“Downward Dog,” I’d say to myself. “Inhale as you lift your hips up and back. Press down through your hands…”

Wait, is that the right order for the cues?

“Grip down with your thumbs and index fingers…”

I laughed out loud at how I was fumbling over the words, not caring too much, beautiful mountain views out my window.

“Create length in your spine…”

Saying the words out loud helped. I was teaching out loud in my car, playing the Vinyasa sequencing over and over, testing new ways of saying it. Landing on something and repeating it. Saying the cues over and over helped me feel like I could do this, I could teach. I was doing it. Finding my way.

It was a relief. I could talk out loud without worrying if I would mess up, no students staring at me while I was in my car.

And then, an even better idea clicked.

I’m going to write this down, I thought, planning in my head how I’d spend the next few days before I taught again. I’m going to write these sentences over and over and recite them out loud. I’ll just read the script. I’m good at reading.

I was able to transform something that was weighing on me (remembering exactly what to say when cueing each pose) into something I felt absolutely confident about (reading out loud). Light bulb a-ha moment!

Over the weeks and months of early teaching— and into the first few years— I began to realize how common it was for yoga teachers to feel this way, to feel incredibly self-conscious and worried that they were saying the wrong thing when they got up to teach. Stumbling over our words was holding us back in many ways, making the early teaching process feel painful, uncomfortable, awkward— for perfectionists like me, it was almost enough for me to want to quit and stop trying to teach.

And I had friends who did quit— they just couldn’t wrap their heads around the idea that teaching could be imperfect and that messing up in front of the room was equally as valuable as getting it right.

Over time, I realized:

Being new was an exercise in surrender— but wasn’t it also an exercise in creativity? In finding unique, fun ways to get out of my head and get around the imposter syndrome?

Looking back, I had solved this problem simply by applying some adventure to it— I had felt free, easy, comfortable, relaxed driving in my car up to Tahoe and back. I was able to get out of my head and play around with the words a bit. And then, when I took the time to write them down and practice in a setting that felt safe, it clicked.

Looking back, I realize it was never cheating to read the words out loud from the paper I’d written them down on. It was a stepping stone that I desperately needed at the time.

That’s how the vinyasa yoga scripts were born— out of a struggle to find my confidence, one that led me (just like yoga had) right back to me.

If you are a brand new yoga teacher fresh out of teacher training and you’re struggling to find the words, what I want to say to you is this:

You’re not alone.
It’s going to get easier.
It’s only going to get easier if you choose to go the easy way instead of the way that feels like forcing it.
You can do this.
You can take your time with it. There’s no rush.
There are tools out there for you. Tools are not cheating— they are a temporary fix for a temporary problem. They are a positive solution. And you get to choose how you use them.
You don’t have to be so hard on yourself all the time.

Having a script to read from was a gamechanger for me. It took teaching yoga from something scary to something more free.

And it did what I had needed for so long— it gave me a way to navigate through and out of self-criticism, away from perfectionism, towards my true yoga practice. The practice of accepting myself for who I am. The practice of finding my voice— without the pressure of it needing to be anything flawless.

The practice of being true, being authentic, simply being me.

Power Yoga Script with Sanskrit Posture Names

$39.99

Teach yoga with confidence using the Power Yoga Script!

This yoga class script PDF is a full guide that details exactly what to say for your next class, start to finish.

Ideas for how to start yoga class as a teacher
What to say during Savasana at the end of yoga class
Precise cues for over 50 poses included in a Power Vinyasa Sequence
Sanskrit posture names including phonetic spelling for how to pronounce them

This 45-page document includes detailed instructions for how to cue yoga poses and can be modified to create a:

60 minute yoga sequence script
75 minute yoga sequence script
or even a 90 minute yoga sequence scripts

If you’re struggling with yoga sequencing or yoga sequencing lesson plans, this script is for you.

This yoga class script can help you improve your cues, build your confidence, and discover the sequencing and pacing that will define your unique style as a teacher. Transition smoothly from yoga teacher training (YTT) into any teaching environment.

The sequencing follows the Baptiste power vinyasa yoga methodology including the following sections:

Integration (Presence)
Awakening (Sun Salutations)
Vitality (Warrior Series)
Equanimity (Balance Series)
Grounding (Triangle Series)
Igniting (Backbending Series)
Stability (Abdominal Series)
Opening (Hip Series)
Release (Forward Bending Series)
Rejuvenation (Inversion Series)
Deep Rest (Surrender to Gravity Series)

The yoga class teaching script includes:

Introductions
Warm ups
Sun salutations
Warrior poses
Balancing poses
Triangle series
Backbending
Abs and core work
Hips
Forward bending
Inversions
Cool down and savasana

Precise cues, smart sequencing, and ideas for how to start and end the class in an engaging and authentic way. Walk into class feeling empowered and prepared to deliver a kick-ass yoga experience to your students.

Here’s what yoga teachers are saying about the POWER YOGA SCRIPT:

“This definitely helped me improve my flow with teaching asana after my teacher training.” -Donita, Vinyasa yoga teacher

”I love how you laid this script out. I felt confused and scattered as I was working on my classes and this helped me save time in the process. Thank you!” -Keyla, yin yoga teacher

“I’ll be honest: when I got done with my 200-hour training, I felt totally lost. I mean, my trainers went over all the poses but as soon as I’d get in front of the room, the words just weren’t there. I felt so stuck. This book helped me build my confidence and doing some memorization so I wasn’t always so terrified to teach.” -Beth, power vinyasa teacher

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