This workshop is designed for yoga teachers, aspiring teachers on the path to certification, or anyone looking to deepen their understanding of yoga postures. Assisting is a powerful way to enhance your knowledge of yoga, practice loving-kindness, and explore the healing power of safe and appropriate touch.
In this immersive training, you'll learn how to give hands-on assists using verbal cues, physical touch, and energetic awareness. You'll develop the ability to observe students' practices and tailor assists that are safe, effective, and personalized.
You Will Review:
- Alignment of Open Hip poses, Closed Hip poses, Backbends, Forward Bends, Hand Balancing, Twists, and Supine poses
You Will Learn:
- How to observe students and identify the assist that best supports their practice
- Skills for offering safe, mindful hands-on assists
- Energetic, mental, and intuitive techniques to guide your touch
Workshop Goals:
- Energetic Awareness: Tune into students' energy and adjust assists accordingly
- Safe Touch: Learn the foundations of safe and appropriate physical contact
- Deepening Touch: Explore how to help students deepen into poses through assists
- Injury Assisted Adjustments: Offer modifications to address injuries and pre-existing conditions
Student Outcomes:
By the end of this workshop, teachers will feel more confident in their ability to offer hands-on assists during yoga classes. They will develop sensitivity to students' energy, know how to adjust the intensity of their touch, and be equipped to provide injury-assisted modifications when necessary.
This workshop qualifies for Yoga Alliance YACEP Continuing education hours.
Investment: $250 Pre-registration required.