An Inspiring Yin Yoga Book for Teachers: 7 Class Plans to Teach with Presence and Intention

An Insightful and Inspiring Guide to Yin Yoga & Meditation: Class Plans to Teach Transformative Sessions with Presence and Intention.

For yoga teachers ready to guide with presence, purpose, and calm.

As a yoga teacher, you hold space for others to slow down, breathe, and reconnect. Staying inspired with new ideas, language, and class themes can help keep your teaching fresh, for both you and your students.

That’s where Yin Yoga & Meditation comes in, a resource created to support both your teaching and your personal practice. Inside the book, you’ll find 7 thoughtfully designed Yin Yoga Class Plans that offer inspiration, guidance, and flexibility. You can use them as they are or adapt them with your own voice and intuition. Whether you're practicing on your own or preparing to teach, these plans are here to bring meaningful energy to your time on the mat and into the spaces where you guide others.

✨“Often I'm asked by students where they can go to learn more about Yin Yoga and extend their studies. Well, now I have the answer! This book! This is it.”

— Bernie Clark, author of The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga

A Glimpse Into the Class Plans

Each class is rooted in a meaningful theme and designed to offer both clarity and creative freedom. You’ll find enough guidance to feel supported, with space to bring in your own unique style and teaching voice.

Here’s what’s included:

Finding the Freedom of Letting Go (75 min)

The Ever-Changing Lake Within Us (60–75 min)

An Invitation for Relaxation (75 min)

The YINatomy of How Yin Works (60–75 min)

Blooming Gratitude from the Heart (75 min)

Elemental Alchemy (Workshop – 90+ min)

Your Mat is Your Own Personal Retreat (60–75 min)

These plans are here to support your teaching journey. Use them to save time, explore new themes, or build classes that feel authentic to you and nourishing to your students.

What’s Inside Each Yin Yoga Class Plan

These class plans are thoughtfully crafted to help you guide slow, intentional practices that foster deep rest, body awareness, and emotional ease. Use them as adaptable maps that you can personalize and shape based on what’s needed in the moment.

Each plan includes:

Class Theme

A theme to center the practice and offer meaning. You can use it as offered or shift it to match your teaching voice and your students’ needs.

Class Length

Sessions range from 60 to 90 minutes, with flexibility built in. You’ll find ideas for shortening or expanding the class depending on time, energy, or environment.

Focus Elements

Suggestions around breath, energy, and inner awareness to help deepen the experience. Use them as inspiration, or adjust to meet the moment and the group.

An Invitation to Guide with Presence and Intuition

You already know that teaching Yin Yoga isn’t just about sequencing, it’s about creating an experience of stillness, presence, and reflection. These class plans are here to support that process.

Each one offers a gentle, thoughtful flow that you can teach with ease, while giving you the space to lead from your own inner guidance. You’re welcome to follow the flow or adapt it completely. The most important thing is that it feels aligned - for you and for your students.

Here’s how each plan supports your class:

Arrive to the Mat

Grounding practices, breath cues, or meditations to help students arrive fully and settle into the moment.

The Poses

A curated sequence of Yin postures and restful counterposes with suggestions for hold times. Each sequence is designed to reflect the theme of the class.

Meditative Cues

Optional prompts to support mindfulness and self-awareness. These cues help guide students into a deeper connection with their body, breath, and inner world.

Savasana

Closing guidance for deep rest and integration, sometimes drawing from Yoga Nidra to support a fuller sense of relaxation.

Class Closing

Reflections, quiet phrases, or moments of stillness to help students carry the energy of the practice forward.

Notes

A space for you to reflect on the class - what worked, what shifted, or ideas for next time. Let your teaching evolve with your experience.

A Flexible Toolkit for  Teaching

Whether you’re building out your class schedule or looking for inspiration right before you teach, these plans are here to support you. They’re flexible enough to meet you where you are - ready when you need something simple, expansive when you want to build something of your own.

Think of them as a toolkit you can return to again and again. Let them be a source of calm, creativity, and steady guidance in your teaching journey.

How to Access Your Yin Yoga Class Plans

The class plans come with my book Yin Yoga & Meditation, available on Amazon. Inside the book, you’ll find a link that gives you access to all 7 class plans, delivered directly to your inbox.

Whether you're guiding your students or grounding in your own practice, I hope these plans help you feel confident, creative, and supported. Let them meet you where you are. Make them your own. And continue teaching from the heart.