Bali 200HR YTT
Your Pre-Course Materials
Everything you need before you land. Start here.
You made it in. And before we see you in Bali, we want to give you a head start.
What follows on this page is your pre-arrival study — free access to Sequential Body classes with both of us, the articles and books that form the intellectual foundation of this training, and resources we return to again and again in our own practice and teaching.
This is not homework in the traditional sense. There’s no test, no checklist to hand in. But the students who arrive having spent time with this material go deeper, faster — because we can spend our days in Bali building on a foundation that’s already in place, rather than laying it while we go.
Work through it at your own pace. Come back to pieces that land. Let yourself be curious rather than thorough.
We’ll see you on the other side.
— Emilie & Dee
Sequential Body on Video
Below are Vimeo links from Emilie and Dee — classes that directly correspond to the training curriculum. Watch them before you arrive, take notes, and bring your questions to Bali.
Reading & Resources
Articles worth your time and the books we keep returning to. Some are anatomy. Some are philosophy. Some are neither and both. Read what pulls you — and bring your questions to Bali.
Articles:
JASON CRANDELLReflections on Yoga Teacher Training — What the real work of a training is, why good trainings inspire students to find what they're called to teach.
KATHRYN BUDIGAre You Ready for Yoga Teacher Training? — Her direct answer to "am I advanced enough?"
The Transformation of Yoga: Budig Interviews Maty Ezraty — How yoga teaching has evolved, what's been lost, what the practice demands of teachers.
3 Tips for Teaching Scary Poses — Breaking advanced work into accessible progressions.
NOAH MAZÉA Fresh Approach to Sequencing — Movement regression and progression, timing peak poses, rebalancing the body. Directly relevant to your curriculum.
MATY EZRATYDeveloping Effective Yoga Teaching Skills — Teaching visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners; understanding student intelligence.
TIFFANY CRUIKSHANKThe Yoga Teacher for Yoga Teachers — Fusing anatomy and western medicine with traditional practice.
SCHUYLER GRANTSchuyler Grant on Kula and Wanderlust — J. Brown Yoga Podcast — Building teaching community, what makes a training work, how yoga is being passed on.
Books:
The Wisdom of Yoga by Stephen Cope — The Yoga Sutras made lived and practical. Cope weaves them through real human stories — careers, relationships, the full modern mess — alongside neuroscience and psychology. The most accessible entry point into classical yoga philosophy you'll find.
Inner Engineering by Sadhguru — Not a philosophy text, not a how-to. Sadhguru's account of what yoga actually is — a technology for human wellbeing — and what it demands of the practitioner. Read it before Bali, and read it again after.
The Bhagavad Gita translated by Eknath Easwaran — The best translation for a Western reader coming to this text for the first time. Accessible without being watered down. The battlefield is the backdrop; the real subject is the war within.
The Key Muscles of Yoga by Ray Long — The anatomy reference you'll return to throughout this training and for years after. Four-colour 3D anatomical illustrations that show you exactly what's happening inside every pose. Volume I.
The Key Poses of Yoga by Ray Long — Volume II. The poses themselves, examined from the inside out. Pairs directly with the muscles volume. Have both.
Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar — The foundational text. Called the bible of modern yoga for a reason — every teacher training in the world has used this as a reference. Ours is no different.
Breath by James Nestor — The science of why breathing is the most overlooked skill in movement practice. Directly relevant to how we teach pranayama in this training. An international bestseller that reads like a thriller.
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda — The book that introduced yoga to the Western world. One of the 100 best spiritual books of the twentieth century. Read it for the context of everything you're about to step into in Bali.
Questions before Bali? We’re reachable at hello@sequentialbody.com. Everything lands in one inbox and we read it all. See you in Uluwatu.