Saturday, March 28-Sunday, March 29

Noon-3:00 pm both days

Investment: $150, visit The Yoga Tree to register

As teachers, our job is to provide a safe container for our students to explore asana postures and find themselves within the practice. While our vocal cues can be wonderful invitations, sometimes a gentle touch (with consent!) can help a student bring attention to a particular area to soften or engage. This can help the student to increase their proprioception and interoception, which in turn can greatly enhance their overall experience of the practice and even help prevent injury.

This immersive workshop experience is not about physically manipulating students into impossible shapes or to make them “go deeper”, but rather to learn the appropriate ways of touch in specific asana shapes to help students create a greater overall awareness of what their body is doing and where it is going.

You will learn how to:

• Ensure you are getting clear and explicit consent before touch

• Initiate the foundational skill of “reading” bodies

• How to effectively use your vocal cues first

• How to use passive assists that are corrective, supportive, and directional for a wide range of poses.

• How to use a mindful and skillful touch appropriately in different asana for different effects

CEUs available for yoga teachers