All candidates should know and practice the following steps of the assessment format for teaching. These steps are elaborated in IV.7a-d:
- Introduce the asana by giving its name first in Sanskrit and then in English.
- Demonstrate the asana to show it as it will be completed in the given class.
- If you are teaching the asana in stages or a variation, demonstrate each stage/variation of the asana that you are going to ask the students to do.
- Do the asana with the students when the students can see you and you can see them; simultaneously teach and observe. See what is missing in the students’ asanas.
- Demonstrate the asana again or demonstrate the next stage, giving further direction based on observation.
- Have the students repeat the asana and give appropriate corrections.
- Give feedback by demonstration and directives rather than just theory or description.
- Observe students from different angles, time permitting.
- Observe whether the students are responding and following the instructions. The teacher should move on to new points only when his or her instructions have been assimilated by most of the class.