Before we start let's run through some terms...
-- A repetition: Doing a pose or transition once.
-- A sequence: Doing different poses one after another.
-- A session: Begins when you first step onto the mat. Finishes at Savasana. Onward!...
Some yogis attain a certain level of ability...then stay there. So.
How do you keep it moving along? Try this...
For new poses that you are not yet proficient at, literally practice repetitions.
Say you want to go from boat (Navasana) back to plank (or better still up to handstand, then to plank). This is sometimes called a jump-back.
Each yoga session, you might practice this 5 or 10 times. Do this until you can more or less do this successfully each rep.
Once you are practicing the move successfully, move it into your sequence (which is a series of poses that are the upper end of your ability).
If the new move is say a twist, then you can maybe look at taking out of your sequence an old twist and replacing it with the new twist that you are now nailing.
So, you can see how you are cycling into your yoga session new poses that you can't yet do (as reps), and you are replacing poses of the same type .e.g a back bend for a back bend in your sequence.
You're also moving out old stuff you can do pretty well.
You can specialize with the new stuff, but your sequence should have at least one of everything .i.e. a side stretch, forward fold, back bend, twist, hip opener, balance etc.
New stuff that doesn't lead itself to reps .e.g. the splits, can just be practiced in the sequence.
CU in class with your new moves, J
