Good Writing is a Lot Like Sequencing a Yoga Practice

Parallels between yoga sequencing and writing

The author. Photo by Robert Sturman.

If my yoga students tune in at the beginning of class, it is fairly obvious where my sequence for the day is going to end up. If I am working towards a “peak pose” involving a big backbend, I will probably start with some component of that pose — maybe an overhead shoulder opener, maybe a few…