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Yoga Class Instructions - Opening Yoga Class Script

Your students come from different backgrounds and based on their professional and personal lives, their minds would be cluttered with various thoughts. The opening yoga class script will help them slowly move away from their daily grind, slowly connect them to their body and breath, and make them feel calm and relaxed. This relaxed feeling will benefit them during the yoga practice.

The Opening Yoga Class Script is normally based on the lineage of practice, the nature of the class, the theme of class, or simply based on what you see in your students at the beginning of the class. These guided instructions will have a standard pattern which focuses on breath, body and thoughts, but can be worded differently along with variations in the length.

Given below are some examples of Opening Yoga Class Scripts for reference:

  • 1 minute opening yoga class script

    Bring your palms towards the centre of your heart in Anjali Mudra (Namaskara Mudra). Straighten your back and relax your shoulders. Close your eyes and bring your awareness to your breath. (You are creating a foundation for your yoga practice).

    Take a few deep breaths through your nostrils - expand your belly and chest, filling your lungs. Exhale slowly through your nostrils to feel relaxed.

    Once more. Take a deep breath through your nostrils. As deep as possible. Exhale and let go of everything beyond this mat.

    Repeat with full awareness inhaling deeply. Exhale and release all effort from your body and mind.

    (You can recite a Mantra (Shlokha))

    Namaste & Welcome to the class.

  • 2 minute opening yoga class script

    Sit down in Sukhasana (Easy Pose) with the hands on the knees in Chin Mudra. Sit straight with your shoulders rolled back.

    Become aware of your sit bones sinking into the mat. Become aware of your legs touching the mat. Allow them to sink in further, grounding you. Relax your facial muscles, and make sure you're not holding any tension in the neck and upper back.

    Take a deep breath in through your nostrils, and allow it to travel to the abdomen and navel. Breathe out slowly, observe the breath travelling out of your nostrils

    Continue to be with your breath in stillness, and prepare yourself for the practice. Any other thoughts that come into your mind, just observe them with detachment. Don't allow them to affect you or distract you. The next one hour is time for yourself!

  • 5 minute opening yoga class script

    Slowly settle down on your mats. Begin by sitting in any comfortable posture. You can sit in Sukhasana (Easy Pose), Vajrasana (Thunderbolt Pose), or even in Dandasana (Staff Pose). Take a position that's most comfortable to you at this point.

    Short Pause (10 seconds - allow the students to settle down in their comfortable posture)

    Gently close your eyes. Allow your breathing to settle down. As you inhale through your nose, feel your abdomen expanding out and as you exhale, draw your navel towards your spine.

    Long Pause (15 seconds - allow the students to connect to their breathing)

    With every inhalation, consciously slow down your breath, and bring awareness to the space around your nostrils. With every exhalation, draw your belly in, and let go of all your thoughts or any external distractions that are occupying your mind at this point.

    Long Pause (20 seconds - allow the student to calm their thoughts)

    Observe the state of your mind now and set an intention for your practice today. It could be any thought or intention that comes to you spontaneously now. Make a resolution to practice this intention on your yoga mat today and through the rest of your day.

    Short Pause (10 seconds - allow your students to set their intention)

    Continue with your inhalation and exhalation, slowly feeling a sense of steadiness and stability.

    Long Pause (15 seconds - allow your students to connect to their breathing)

    As you exhale, slowly open your eyes. Bring your palms to the centre of your heart. We'll now begin the class with 3 OM chantings.

  • 10 minute opening yoga class script

    Let us begin…….(pause for 10 seconds to allow your students to settle on their mats) kindly stand keeping your feet one toe distance apart. Look down to see if your big toes are in line with each other. Lift all your toes balancing on the balls of your feet and heels, and place them one-by-one on the ground, pushing them towards the Earth. Make sure you feel the connection with each toe, particularly the last toe. Lift them again and place them one-by-one on the ground, being fully aware of all the 10 toes.

    Now slowly move your awareness to your entire feet, feel all the four corners of the feet touching the Earth. Let us rock our body to and fro, moving and feeling the weight of the body on the entire feet. Rock to distribute the body weight on the feet, and then slowly settle down pressing all the four corners of the feet on the Earth and bring your hips right above your ankles.

    Close your eyes ...(pause for 10 seconds to allow your students to feel comfortable with their eyes closed) and let us begin to scan our entire body to help us prepare for the practice.

    Bring the heels together, knees together, squeeze the thighs towards each other (this will help bring the hips square) and stand, lengthening the legs upwards.

    Bring your awareness to your belly now, take a deep long breath through your nostrils, watch how the belly moves forward as you inhale. HOLD your breath and stay here for 10 seconds or more. While in this position, connect to the discomfort, shivering, or restlessness in the body. Connect to the emotions and thoughts you are having at this moment when holding the breath. Slowly, let go of the breath, release it through your nostrils, and relax the belly. Once again, connect to your body and emotions, as you release the breath. Notice if there is a difference in how the body feels during inhalation and exhalation. All through your practice, you’ll learn to be in constant connection with THIS part of your body during both inhalation and exhalation.

    Continue with long deep breaths, and slowly bring your awareness to your chest and shoulders. Roll the shoulders and draw them back. This will bring the chest out and automatically the chin comes in line with the chest. Lift the chin up feeling confident and strong. Now watch how the chest moves with each breath, and through every exhalation control the movement of the chest, slowly collapsing it.

    Lengthen your entire back, take your awareness to your hips and stand tall, strong, and confident. Gently bring your awareness to your face. OPEN your mouth wide, and feel the jaws stretch. Move the jaws up-and-down, side-to-side, rotate, and bring a deep SMILE while doing this. (Moving the jaws - which is sometimes a storage place for all tensions and stress - helps release neck and shoulder stiffness. It also helps to breathe better and keeps the thyroid glands stimulated). So don’t feel shy, just open your mouth wide like you’re yawning.

    Release and relax. Now bring one hand on your belly and the other on your chest. Begin to start with deep breathing through both your nostrils. Expand your chest and abdomen (belly area), filling air into your lungs. (Always remember that the air does not fill in your belly or chest, the action of expanding only acts as a support for the lungs to do its function). As you exhale, control the movement and don’t rush with it. The more you are aware of the exhalation - since inhalation is very easy, the lungs makes room for more air to be filled in. So exhalation is very important. Repeat this connected breathing for about 6 times, going deeper in each round. Each round prepares your body and mind for the practice.

    During this connection, there would be thoughts of various kinds. DON’T fight them. These thoughts define you. So, don’t run away from them or fight to ignore them. Gather these thoughts, let’s prioritize them. Bring them together…..and with a gentle smile, just glance through them. The more you bring your awareness to the movement of your belly and chest, the cool inflow of air, and the warm outflow of air, these thoughts will remain in the subconscious mind and not trouble you in your practice. So, let us go slow with this process and over time you’ll learn to pay less attention to these thoughts.

    Now, let us connect to the sound of the first syllable AA….. which forms part of the word OM (AUM). The chanting of this will awake every cell in the body and warm up the body, preparing you for the practice. The next 60 mins is your time to love and respect your body, through my guidance and instructions. Take a deep breath through your nostrils, and with full awareness of your belly, exhale with the chant AAaaaaaa………………….. We will repeat this 3 times.

    Rub your palms and place them on your eyes and face. Let us begin the practice.