sequences

Sequences

In the YFlows system, sequences are a set of subsequences. Each Subsequence is an ordered list of pose variations. The subsequences are "yoga flows", with an optional subsequence type.

You can setup your Sequence with as many subsequences as makes sense to you. Each lineage breaks down a complete practice differently.

Creating Your First Sequence

If you're new to YFlows, it may be helpful to start with a simple sequence. See Creating Your First Sequence page for more details.

Subsequences

Each subsequence is an ordered list of pose variations. Each subsequence has an optional sequence type as well as optional variation repetition data. Repetition data is used to repeat the complete subsequence or individual variations within the subsequence.

In your sequence, you can use any common name (Sanskrit, English, Spanish or one of the pose acronyms). There are a lot of different pose names out there, feel free to use the one of your own lineage.

In a sequence, add the variation of the pose that suits your flow. You can write your flow in a way that makes sense to you. You can use "side plank" to represent "knee down side plank", "eka pada vasisthasana"(side plank with toe grab) all the way to "kasyapasana".

Another example of sequences variations, there are many traditional sitting poses: various variations of the arms, hands/mudras, chin, bandas, legs, etc. but in the YFlows model there is only one "seat" pose. You can create your own variation of your seated pose based on your arms/legs/mudras/etc in your sequence.

Sequence Cues

Cues are optional text that can be added to a sequence. Sequence cues are different than the generic Pose Library "pose cues".

There are two types of cues: Transition cues and variation cues. Transition cues are used to cue the transition between two poses in a sequence. Variation Cues are used to cue the specific variation of a pose.