Karin Eisen Yoga

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Continuing Education for Yoga Teachers - Assisting

ASSISTING - PRECISION & COMPASSION - STANDING POSES

Assisting your students is one of the benefits of being in a live class. Often a compassionate and skillful assist can help a student immediately understand something that might take a long time to learn on their own. However, an aggressive assist can be harmful to a student.  This course will help you help your students understand postures better through manual adjustments while honoring where they are.  Topics will include:

  • Asking permission

  • Students who have experienced trauma

  • Verbal versus manual cues

  • The difference between adjusting and assisting

  • Understanding alignment

  • The precision of touch

    • Approach

    • Direction

    • Duration

    • Releasing

  • Foundation and stability

    • Where to stand and where not to stand

  • The importance of breath

  • Neutral energy

  • The use of props