Designed for yoga teachers, this highly practical 2-day course is aimed at yoga teachers who wish to improve their observational skills, grow their confidence in the use of touch and offer a more fruitful and personal teaching approach.

Observe | Approach | Adjust

HANDS-ON ASSIST COURSE

Details

This 10 hours course contains 2 hours of asana practice, 3 hours of theory, 5 hours hands-on and a manual with images and explanations of a multitude of assists that you will practice throughout the course.

What you will learn

  • understand the ethics around use of touch, gaining consent and safety considerations

  • understand the purpose and intention behind the use of touch in a class

  • understand when touch may not be the best approach

  • understand the importance of verbal and non-verbal communication when assisting with touch

  • understand the importance of observation, intuition, grounding, breath and feedback during assists.

  • being able to distinguish between touch for relaxation / massage; touch to assist alignment / increase ease and touch to take someone deeper into a pose

  • have reviewed anatomy, core and alignment and how to incorporate this knowledge when using touch

  • reviewed posture and how to incorporate this knowledge when offering assists

  • be confident to start using assists straight away and to also know your limits

Course Pre-requisites

Minimum 200hr yoga teacher training or equivalent and some teaching experience.

Dates

2024 course dates TBA

TESTIMONIAL HANDS-ON STUDENTS

  • Mareike

    I joined the "Hands on assist" course with Lina and it was an amazing supplement to my yoga teacher training.
    It helped me to understand the different ways of adjustment and the importance of it.
    We learned very helpful physical adjustment for many postures in practical way.
    It was good to have so much time to practice adjusting in a small group during that weekend.

    Thank you Lina for sharing this very important skills with us.
    Every yoga teacher should join a course like that.

  • Fiona

    I did the Hands on Assist course with Lina during the weekend and loved it! Lina is a wonderful teacher, really perceptive, inclusive and good at explaining. She has a really intuitive assistive touch and her yoga lessons are amazing.
    Do more courses please Lina!

  • Jasmine

    I just did the Hands-on Assist weekend Training with Lina and really enjoyed it!

    The training was well structured, planned and delivered, I'd definitely recommend it to anyone looking to get re-inspired in their teaching. The topics we covered were all super interesting and food for thought. It was great to be learning in person in a group.
    I felt super comfortable and at ease around Lina and the other participants. I loved how, during the training, Lina created a feeling of everyone sharing together, rather than a hierarchy.
    We got to practice Yoga in the mornings and do theory and practical study the rest of the time. Her Yoga teaching style was super attentive. I could really feel she was carefully paying attention to everyone's individual needs in class.
    The food was delicious, the setting in nature was beautiful and I love the training manual that I can take away with me all around the world to continue using as a valuable resource.
    Thank you!

  • Liseme

    Lina’s hands on course was a very good experience. She is the right teacher to do it with since Lina has a good balance between a strong and powerful, yet nourishing touch.

    She knowns a lot about different types of assisting, how they affect the body and how to deepen into posture.
    As a starting yoga teacher myself, I learned to assist with more confidence and strength.
    I would recommend this course if you feel that you can use some guidance and improvement in assisting the people during your yoga classes.

    You will definitely feel more secure and confident after the course !

About the venue

The “House of the Rising Mojo” is a Holistic Retreat Centre surrounded by a tranquil valley in Santo Isidoro, Portugal. It is a sanctuary for healing, exchange and growth, surrounded and supported by lush vegetation and native trees. This collectively grown sanctuary is the perfect space to reconnect with your true nature. Here we experience singing, dancing, bodywork, yoga, rituals, ceremonies, and so much more. These practices are all different paths guiding us in the same direction towards consciousness. So many of you have already been to this land, and we thank you for being part of our co-created vision that can only be woven with each and every one of you in this thriving ecosystem. Whatever calls you to this space, you will leave feeling recharged, rejuvenated and reminded of who you truly are.

Lina and her partner Joaquin are the guardians of House of the Rising Mojo and have been devoted to this vision for many years.

The dome is the main temple. With 90m2, it's ready to host all kinds of practices. It's transparency brings a feeling of floating in a bubble through the greens of the valley. Our yoga shala stands on a lonely sunny hill. Let the wind on your skin, the songs of the birds and the nature that holds you bless your practice. The wooden deck fits 12 yoga mats, plus the teachers’ mat.

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