How to Plan a Month-Long Yoga Series: Teaching Beyond Individual Classes
Yogaland Podcast23 Maalis 2025

How to Plan a Month-Long Yoga Series: Teaching Beyond Individual Classes

Looking for fresh ideas to keep your classes engaging and effective? In this episode of Yogaland, we’ll show you how to plan a month-long yoga series that helps your students build skills, gain confidence, and deepen their practice over time.


If you’re tired of planning classes one-by-one and want to teach more cohesively and effectively, this episode is for you! Whether you’re a new yoga teacher looking for guidance or an experienced teacher wanting to expand your teaching approach, you’ll learn simple, powerful strategies to take your classes to the next level.


Here’s what you’ll learn:

✅ Why a long-term approach to teaching helps students learn faster and retain more.

✅ How to structure a 4-week yoga series for consistent growth and progress.

✅ Practical ways to apply Thematic Sequencing to build skills week by week.

✅ How to use Scaffolded Learning to break down complex poses and techniques.

✅ Why revisiting concepts (Spaced Repetition) improves learning and confidence.

✅ What the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) means and how it applies to yoga.


Timecodes:

00:33 Upcoming Pranayama Course

01:12 London Yoga Retreat Announcement

04:31 Long-Term Yoga Class Planning

07:03 Thematic and Progressive Sequencing

19:42 Introduction to Vinyasa Class Structure

21:34 Teaching Skills Step-by-Step

26:00 Building Muscle Memory and Competence

26:53 The Importance of Scaffolding in Yoga

32:24 Spaced Repetition in Learning

34:40 Zone of Proximal Development

38:51 Encouraging Growth and Possibility

42:14 Recap and Conclusion


👉 Jason's newest course, Teaching Pranayama & Breathwork: A step-by-step guide for yoga teachers & students begins in April. Click here to join the waitlist: jasonyoga.com/breathwork


👉 Want to practice in-person with Jason? Join him in London June 9th-13th at Mission! To get all the details: https://www.mission-e1.com/london-retreat/

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