The 5 cueing styles of yoga teachers

[@eduardomoreno987]

Be your authentic self. 1. The mechanic: Action + body part + direction = alignment. E. G. Relax the forehead on the mat. 2. The doctor: anatomy. 3. The magical creature: metaphors, flowery. E.g. as if... 4. The storyteller: relating to the class' theme. E.g. Questions, like a conversation. 5. The therapist: body sensations, feelings. E.g. Notice what that feels like / What emotion is coming up? Thank you!

[@bonniebeenken9207]

As a newly certified yoga teacher I appreciate the information and descriptions of various teaching styles, Ashley! Thank you for putting this together and sharing with us! Namaste 🙏

[@ashlynboyles7150]

The humorist/comedian! Probably a combination of the ones you mentioned. They make the class lighthearted with jokes and amusing images as cues.

[@teraverjim1180]

Ashely, I honestly don't know how to thank you for all your wonderful and helpful videos. I am like Bonnie as well a newly certified yoga teacher . So, I am so thankful to you and everything you are sharing with us. Bless your heart!

[@AshleyHagen]

Oh, thank you! I love reading comments like this. ❤️🙏🏼

[@jenniferzuiff8517]

I’m a yoga teacher in training and I can already tell I’m leaning more towards a mix btwn mechanical, magical creature, therapist and storyteller… Anatomy is great but not my thing hahah

[@yasminekhan3517]

Ground up Is a great tip! Thank you!

[@eelkeaptroot1393]

There are also different styles in adjustment. The mime - will stand in front of you and try to show you the right pose by example. -The politiccian- will verbally guide you towards the right posture, The cuddly care bear- Will gently lean their body into you while pushing you in the right position. And the Chiropractor - will use whatever means necessary to get you into the right pose. I've never expienced that last type, but I've heard about them in particular some Indian guru's have that tendency.

[@AshleyHagen]

Oh these are great! Thanks for sharing.

[@youejtube7692]

Haha! Love your Mission music. :D Well, I would say I'm rather a magical story-telling, mechanical, therapeutic doctor kind of a yoga teacher. Depends what phase of the moon we're in and what I've eaten that day. :)

[@AshleyHagen]

Thank you, and that's wonderful. It's good to have a little of all of them.

[@kerryhardy1838]

Lol. Yes. Totally feeling you 😂✌️❤️🧘‍♀️🙏

[@Unfoldyourmat]

I'm a mix of all of these 🙈🤣 Love your videos Ashley!

[@jaimetan]

I’m definitely a mix of mechanic and therapist! Definitely more mechanic in a vinyasa class and more therapist in a yin class. Thanks for breaking this down, very helpful!

[@CAMILLEOBDIANELA]

This is very helpful! Thank you Teach! :)

[@yogainthehousewithcheryl1524]

Not surprising that I am the therapist since that is my actual profession. However, I can be a blend of all of these. This is very validating!

[@jessierueda6248]

Hey Ashley, i’m a mix with magical creature, mécanique and therapist loool

[@beatpirate8]

I just am about to finish my program and I just started practicing and I don’t know what I’m doing and I get forgetful w the cues… omg I need help! Thank you ! Just requested your alignment pdf! Thank you for your generous care! 💛💚💛🌲

[@msftshyla5563]

I'm definitely a combo of Mechanic, Magical, and Therapist. I've taught 2 classes so far and I am so excited to grow from them!!!

[@ashleyvalentin3210]

I love this concept! I decided to change the magical creatures card to "Poet". I feel like it's more accurate to the purpose I'm trying to achieve in using imagery and visualization. Thank you for sharing the video!

[@AshleyHagen]

Ooo I like that. Poet sounds nicer. If I ever update or talk about these again, I can swap the names.

[@dianashumanova287]

Thank u very much Ashely for ur advices!!! lm a newly certified yoga teacher and ur videos r so helpful and inspirational for me! 🙏❤️🧘‍♀️

[@gyanendrashilpkar2728]

Im definitely a mechanic hehe thanks for putting all this together very helpful.

[@empoweryourwellness]

I’m definitely very drawn to anatomical/mechanical cues also being a physical therapist and obsessed with movement. I am trying to incorporate more metaphoric cues intermittently to add some imagery to practices. Fun to see how we evolve over time.

[@sarahsingleton3431]

I think I’m all of them!

[@sachithraweerasooriya7502]

How can I download your guidelines

[@yoginimystic6942]

lmaoo you are so funny i love the Story time haha

[@immyz]

Appreciate this archetype structure!

[@Earth_journey_yoga]

What a great video to find. I'm just starting my journey as a teacher & this is going to help me so so much. Thank you x

[@euniceseet6445]

Thank you so much for creating this content for us. This opened my eyes to see different types of teaching styles! I would love to integrate bits and pieces from different styles.

[@cherishcamachodobson4759]

I feel I am a magical creature therapist with a mix between mechanical aspiring to be a story teller and a doctor. Thank Ashley just only discovered your chanel. Really cool

[@cherishcamachodobson4759]

Oh and i belive there is a " do whatever you want teacher" The loving mother.. As in tells u everything u doing is peeerrrfect, find your. Own way.

[@sabiinself2322]

Namaste 🙏

[@juliette_ofthepluriverse]

Ahhh you are wonderful. Thank you so much for your videos.

[@AshleyHagen]

You are so welcome! Glad this was helpful for you. :)

[@marianajimenez5660]

You are the best !!! 🥺 I’m so happy I found your channel

[@NinaLambacher]

Thank you, so helpful in so many ways...

[@jobeth9542]

Hi Ashley, you have put out many wonderful videos and I have learned a lot from them. Thank you! I was, though, disappointed by the rather limited description here of different yoga teaching styles. I can appreciate that it’s your video and freedom to describe how you see them. To be fair, the terms, “Magical creatures” (someone changed it to Poet) and “Therapist” trigger resistance when there are actually lots of benefits. I moved from years of Hatha yoga practice to Kundalini at first because my beloved teacher did (Kundalini, in which teachers have mature and healthy relationships with themselves and their students) and would consider such yoga „styles“ as useful for awakening awareness of the whole self in all its nuances, including our relationship to the mind. Many people do not connect with their bodies, lack recognizing emotions and the sensations they produce in the body and can’t self-regulate because of this lack of recognition. This type of yoga can be “therapeutic“ but I don’t see a connection to a therapist. It’s more about making your own discoveries with the help of your body, and cues from a teacher, to recognize what is within you that you had never before been directed to see. Nowadays this is called Somatic therapy, which stems from yoga. Maybe Somatic style fits well. 🙏😊

[@AshleyHagen]

Thanks for your feedback. This video is actually quite old, and was mostly created for fun. It's not to be taken too seriously. I'd love to see some other iterations or an updated version created by someone else.

[@KathleenHelenLisson]

Thanks

[@elizabethgschwind]

love this video, so helpful and fun. Thanks Ashley :)

[@yogawithyordanka]

I love your energy, it is pleasure to watch your videos

[@AnonymousAnonymous-bi8gc]

Just wow Ashley. This knowledge is so empowering. Thank you 🙏🙌

[@DarkBlueNutrition]

Very helpful thank you!! I’ve been trying to up my cueing game for my workout videos and this helps a ton 🙏

[@cassiesmith1814]

This was great! Very helpful. Thank you so much!

[@themindmovementUK]

Great work Ashley you have really helped me on the tech side - still a mare but great support thank you

[@AshleyHagen]

Thanks! Consistency and just keep showing up. It's working for me. I honestly still feel like a newbie sometimes. But I just keep showing up anyway, time passes, and BAM! I know a thing or two more than I did before and can help a few more people.

[@_malcolm]

Omg I’m totally a therapist style teacher!

[@chensbee]

You are a great teacher thanks for sharing

[@angelinawilliamson96]

This was very helpful! Thank you :) i have been looking to improve and deepen my cues. I tend toward alignment cues but I want to get better at storyteller and magical cues.

[@derekcoetzee7861]

Thank you

[@rahulkumtha3533]

Superb content. I am a new teacher and this will help me to discover myself better. Thank you so much Ashley.

[@karliesolie6916]

Thank you! This was great information ♥️

[@bgalarza2323]

Many of us are a bit of most of these … lots of variations

[@deannaperchyshyn1480]

I love your videos. Thank you so much!

[@bendel07]

🙏

[@manifeststation4740]

I think you have touched on all of them to be honest- I am just starting out and feel I am a mixture of all but leaning mainly towards magical creature and therapist though honestly I have a small measure of all that you mentioned. If I try to intuit other times it seems to be incorporated in one that you have already mentioned. Is it okay to be a bit of all of them or better to hone in on one to know yourself as a yoga teacher in time? I also feel like the style of yoga being taught really inferences and influences which one you may lean more towards. I feel my advice would be whichever one or ones you feel you identify most with, as long as it is natural and not forced and even experimental in a fun kind of way it will come across cohesive, congruent and genuine.

[@anadisattvasudeva6315]

Funny! I am usually using all of these accept story teller- no time for this when you flow )))

[@AshleyHagen]

The story teller is great for slower classes, for sure. Or if you're "mean" and make people hold half moon or warrior II forever and ever.

[@benedictlopez8467]

I recently found your channel. As a yoga instructor, I must say that I learned more about cues and real world sequencing in 30 min of watching your channel than I did in my 200 YTT that's YA endorsed. Thank you so much!!!

[@AshleyHagen]

You are so very welcome! Thanks for this sweet comment. I hope to put out even more with cueing and sequencing soon. Stay tuned! (P.S. Unfortunately, YA recognition doesn't mean a whole lot for quality anymore.)

[@paulhouston7117]

Love this. Thank you for sharing. How do I download your pdfs?

[@lunabae777]

One of my teacher is the " Doctor" and it's very frustrating. 😩

[@kerrybenderyoga]

hello i am experienced but have some blocks / fear around the internet AND around changing my teaching style. my teaching style is 100% By Demo even with my in person classes. That is what i thought thia video may address... ie: getting off that mat and physically assisting your students and or how do you see the members of class when teaching by demo virtually? or do you not teach by demo virtually so as to study whats happeninmg with the students postures? I find i am able to successfully see and correct verbally by demo in person BUT i teach 5 to 20 people at a time only and it tends to be 5 to 10 so i demo the ENTIRE class. i wish i was able to walk around the room or stand in one spot and just speak my class BUT i never ever have in 10 + years of teaching yoga. i teach vinyasa flow style , power style and of course beginers or what i would call "to the room" you know, to the peolple that present.

[@yogawithyordanka]

I could recognize myself as a mechanic, sometimes even a bit dogmatic, so focused on the alignment and talking too much about it. But I do focus on therapy and anatomy as well. Magic and storytelling is just not my thing but I think people appreciate my efforts. I think they are having fun because it just sounds so ridiculous when I am trying to describe two elfs pulling their arms from the side or the fairy pulling an invisible string through the crown of the head. It is just so clumsy and awkward when a mechanic is telling magic stories. haha

[@mikemcleanmusic]

i am mostly mechanic with some magical creature and a bit of therapist.

[@paulhouston7117]

I tend to be a mix of all of them. It’s not something that came to be easily though. Ha ha.

[@sarahparrott292]

Mechanic here...

[@AshleyHagen]

Yes, me too. Maybe why I'm drawn to Ashtanga yoga. I have to really try hard to bring in a story or imagery into my classes. I know it's good to sprinkle in once in a while.

[@AATMYOG]

I want to work with u,I Mukesh kumar soni MA IN YOGA ,Diploma in Yoga

[@LindsayAmelia]

Mechanic and {spiritual} Therapist here

[@cherishcamachodobson4759]

the gym teacher

[@cherishcamachodobson4759]

workout teacher

[@sianabanana69]

Love this post Ashley! I'm just starting to teach - I did my 1st class today and it was live! You have helped me as I watched many videos of yours and was inspired to get a Rode wireless microphone, a webcam and lights - it helps to feel set up. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. As I'm just discovering, I'm a mix of a mechanic and a therapist :)

[@AshleyHagen]

Awesome! Sounds like things are going well for you. I am happy that my videos have been helpful. This video specifically was a fun one to make. Good luck!