What are Snippets?
- Michelle Rae Sobi
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
A short segment to practice teach.
🧩 SNIPPETS FRAMEWORK — KNOWLEDGE BASE MODULE
Based on the Snippets section listed in the Edge Handbook 2026 (Table of Contents pages 113–114)
🌿 What Are Snippets?
Snippets are small, intentional mini-sequences that help you design yoga classes with clarity and confidence.Instead of building a full class from scratch, you combine short, orientation-based clusters of poses to create flow, stability, and safety.
Each Snippet contains 3–5 poses from the same category of orientation:
• Standing
• Seated
• Kneeling
• Supine
• Prone
Staying within one category reduces disorientation, prevents abrupt transitions, and supports embodied learning.
📌 Why Snippets Matter
Snippets help you:
• Teach without depending on a full class plan
• Build smoother transitions
• Create consistency for students’ nervous systems
• Adapt classes for mixed levels
• Reduce overwhelm when cueing live
• Strengthen your sequencing and voice as a teacher
Snippets are your anchors when your mind goes blank or energy shifts in the room.
🧱 Core Snippet Categories
1. Standing Snippets
Grounding, energizing, balancing shapes.
Examples:
• Mountain → Chair → Forward Fold → Half Lift
• Warrior II → Triangle → Star → Goddess
2. Seated Snippets
Rooting, folding, twisting, lengthening.
Examples:• Easy Seat → Seated Forward Fold → Seated Twist• Staff Pose → Butterfly → Wide-Leg Seated Forward Fold
3. Kneeling Snippets
Low-impact strengthening, transitions, heart-openers, safe pathways into standing.
Examples:
• Tabletop → Cat/Cow → Thread the Needle → Gate Pose
• Low Lunge → Half Split → Low Lunge Twist
(Corrected: Lunge belongs here.)
4. Supine Snippets
Integration, core strengthening, deep release.
Examples:
• Bridge → Single-Leg Bridge → Supine Twist → Happy Baby
• Reclined Bound Angle → Knees-to-Chest → Figure Four
5. Prone Snippets
Back body strengthening, grounding, gentle backbends.
Examples:
• Sphinx → Cobra → Locust → Child’s Pose (counterpose)
• Belly Twist → Prone Core Extensions
🧠 How to Build a Snippet
A Snippet = 3–5 logically connected poses that stay in one orientation.
Choose your category
Pick 3–5 poses that feel supportive together
Add breath cues or intentions
Practice the transitions
Teach it with clarity and steady pacing
Once you have several Snippets, you can link them to create a full class.
💛 How Snippets Support Teaching
They help you:
• Stay calm when teaching
• Think in small manageable pieces
• Offer modifications naturally
• Build student safety through predictable orientation
• Teach with presence, not pressure
• Create variety without reinventing the wheel
Over time, Snippets become your inner library for any style of yoga you teach.
🪴 Student Practice Exercise
Choose one category: Standing, Seated, Kneeling, Supine, or Prone.
Create:
A 3-pose Snippet
A 4-pose Snippet
A 5-pose Snippet
Then upload to Slack:
• Your Snippets
• The chosen category
• A short intention (e.g., grounding, opening, stability, confidence)
Have a question? Send Michelle a CHAT to begin a conversation about enrolling. Current students can send a DM in Slack for mentorship and guidance.
