Hands-on Assists & Adjustments Intensive
With leah kline
Do you have a 200+ hour Vinyasa or Hatha yoga teacher training under your belt, yet feel the need to develop yourself further in around the art and science of hands on-adjusting & assisting? Often as a new teacher - you have just started to really see people in their body patterns and begin to want to intervene - but how? where? when? We have something designed with you in mind:
Between the first few years after your first 200+ teacher training its common for many yoga teachers to come to a moment when you want to serve your students more deeply and you recognise that guiding/leading a class is not enough. Often new teachers don't know how to grow as a teacher. Under the guidance of Experienced Teacher Trainer, Léah Kline, you will learn the necessary skills & tools to recognize when and how to assist students.
The opposite is also true: poor, unskilful or ambitious assists can lead to a feeling of crossing boundaries or injuries or worse, sometimes people feel unsafe in your class and will never return (to you or even to yoga).
It is your ethical duty as a yoga teacher to learn how to see bodies and if you choose to touch - to learn how to do so well. This is a life-long learning and very worthwhile! The benefits can be profound.
This program will give you a good foundation or review to feel more confident and to learn what you need to be aware of.
DIVE INTO THE ART OF SKILLFULL TOUCH AND ASSISTS AS A YOGA TEACHER
Philosophy of assisting, the role of awareness, presence & breath
The ethics of touch (and what can go wrong, and boy it can go wrong) and how to make touch safe,
Types of touch and there are many kinds; learn hand positions for various assists,
Types of students and their learning style; it’s not one size fits all; Perception of the student "How to read the body and give the most effective assist in that moment"
Non-verbal communication
Alignment basics for the feet, knees, hips spine & standing poses, spine, shoulders, elbows, hands; Seated poses, grounding, Finishing poses assists
How to support beginners (in a basic flow class and mixed level class) & in a flow "choreography of assisting"
Advanced and strong flow assists (binding, twists, hand balances)
Assisting for injuries & how to use props
This 50-hour program plusses:
14 masterclasses covering all sorts of topics you may never even considered before
Runs over 2 weekends, the time in-between is a perfect chance to digest and practice skills; come back with questions.
50 hr Yoga Alliance continuing education credit
With Senior Trainer Leah Kline (English and Dutch languages)
Enjoy a follow up program of InterVision for those who choose to take both modules
Are you ready to grow?
TOUCH DURING CLASS CAN BE VERY IMPACTFUL
Explore the philosophy of assisting, the role of awareness, how to bring presence & breath into the experience. Learn to assist in a basic flow mixed level & in a flow.
Dates:
Weekend 1: Friday–Sunday | 17-19 March 2023
Weekend 2: Friday–Sunday | 31 March, 1-2 April 2023
Times: 11.30-19.00
Location: Yoga Moves Fly Studio, Croeselaan 209, Utrecht
Price:
EARLY BIRD: €459 + VAT 21% (until 1 February).
LATE BIRD: €549 + VAT 21%
YACAP: 50 CPD hour Yoga Alliance
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