Yoga Shanna

Yesterday I told you about this week’s new Flowity Flow. Today, here’s a little piece of it.

SARCASM FROM YOUR WIFE is now inside Flowity Flow Club—with both the 60- and 75-minute class plans.

Comment FFC and I’ll send you the details.

One of my favorite sequencing tricks:

Take something students already know and give it a tiny makeover.

Sun salutations are the perfect place to do it.

You don’t need an entirely new sequence to create a memorable class. Sometimes one unexpected movement is enough to wake everyone up and bring fresh energy to the room.

This kind of decision-making is exactly what we practice inside Flowity Flow Club—keeping classes familiar enough to feel accessible while fresh enough to feel exciting. 💗

This week’s Flowity Flow is called, SARCASM FROM YOUR WIFE ✨

➡️ Want to teach or practice this flow? Comment FFC and I’ll send you the details.

This week, I got to do something I don’t normally do: teach the exact same flow twice in one day.

Once in a 75-minute class.
And again that afternoon in a 60-minute class.

Same flow. Same basic plan. But 15 fewer minutes meant I had to decide what to trim, what to keep, and where I could make small changes without losing what made the class work.

Inside this week’s Flow Chat, I’m sharing both class plans so you can see exactly how I adjusted the same flow for two different class lengths.

We also cover:
💗 A really slow Sun Salutation A—and how changing the pace can keep students engaged.
✨ Adding a brand-new pose in the middle of the Grand Finale sequence when students think they already know what’s coming.
⏰ How I adjusted the build and timing to turn a 75-minute class into a 60-minute class.

You don’t always need a completely different class plan for a different class length. Sometimes you just need to know what matters enough to keep—and what can go.

Comment FFC for details on Flowity Flow Club. 💗

I said what I said:

if someone arriving *respectfully* late ruins your practice…that’s on you. Not on them. 😮‍💨

That comment stopped me in my tracks.

“I love the pacing of your class. I can really get into the shapes. But it’s not too slow. I don’t get bored.”

Here’s the thing:
Pacing isn’t about going fast.
And it isn’t about going slow.

It’s about control.

It’s about knowing:
• when to linger
• when to move
• when to layer
• when to simplify
• when to let breath create intensity instead of speed

Most teachers struggle with pacing because they don’t have a clear internal structure.

So class feels like:
– rush rush rush
or
– stretch… wait… what next?

Balanced pacing happens when you understand what each section of class is meant to accomplish.

When you know:
Lengthen what needs lengthening.
Strengthen what needs strengthening.
Activate what will be used later.
Introduce what students will see again.

When you build class that way, the rhythm almost creates itself.

Students feel:
Grounded.
Challenged.
Present.
Never bored.

And the best part?
This is not personality-dependent.

You can teach like this too.

If pacing is something you’re still trying to figure out —
or if you sometimes leave class wondering “was that too fast?”

Comment TOOLS and I’ll send you my free Confident Yoga Teacher Toolkit.

It walks you through the foundational structure I use to build classes that feel intentional, cohesive, and well-paced from start to finish 💗

Because confident teaching isn’t about charisma.
It’s about clarity.