Yoga Adjustments & Hands-on Assists Workshop
A Workshop for Yoga Practitioners and Teachers
Next course Saturday 18th May 2024
9.30 am to 5.00 pm
Level Up - Are you ready to take the next step in advancing your skill set as a yoga teacher?
Are you ready to build your yoga community?
Do you want to create long-lasting student relationships and have students return to practice with you week after week?
If YES - learning how to adjust & assist confidently will help you to create the yoga classes of your dreams - dedicated students who show up every week and a feeling of really inciting change and growth amongst your community!
Hi, we’re Ashley and Lauren, adjusting yoga workshop
as experienced yoga teachers, we understand the impact effective, well-timed hands-on assists can have on helping practitioners understand asana and connect with their bodies.
We also remember how overwhelming and scary it can feel to think about offering adjustments when you first start teaching.
That’s why we’ve designed this workshop for yoga teachers and practitioners so that you can learn how and when to adjust asana confidently, safely and effectively.
Receiving an effective adjustment can enhance the whole experience of a class.
Proficient adjustments help practitioners deepen their practice, and understand the energetic movement of asanas.
Through adjusting you can help students understand their bodies, set good alignment and bring more stability, ease and comfort to their practice.
This is essential as you uplevel to become a skilled yoga teacher. You’ll have more to offer in your classes and you'll develop deeper and longer-lasting relationships with your students.
We’ll be showing you how to adjust asanas from the Ashtanga, Rocket and Vinyasa traditions. There’ll be some partner work involved as you try adjustments out on each other, and this will provide you with an opportunity to give and receive constructive feedback.
Our small group size will also ensure you get also direct feedback and support from two Senior yoga teachers (us) who have lots of experience adjusting asana and working with a wide range of bodies.
Who’s this workshop for?yoga adjustments workshop
Teachers and practitioners who are interested in learning more about adjusting asana safely and effectively. You don’t have to be a teacher to attend but should have been practising regularly for a minimum of two years. If unsure, please ask us.
We have chosen not to obtain Yoga Alliance Accreditation for this course. If you have any questions about this, please get in touch with us.
Course Testimonials
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Ashley and Lauren were super nice, very knowledgeable and willing to share the info with us in the best way possible. I learned a lot not only for adjusting others, but also about my own practice. I will definitely look out for the next course, if there will be one. :)
Previous Course attendee
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This was a very informative course and great to have the difference experiences Lauren and Ashley bring. Lauren's knowledge of trauma sensitive yoga, extensive adjustment practice during mysore, and Ashley's experience of teaching many group classes across a range of modalities meant they brought a lot of really useful experience to the training. Whether you're teaching advanced ashtanga/rocket practices or are really new to adjustments and looking to build up your confidence, I think you would gain a lot from this training. I didn't know that much about Lauren and Ashley prior to the training but I'm looking forward to keeping in touch with them and learning more from them in future. They're two very kind, approachable and super knowledgable yogis. Thank you!
Josie, London
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Being an absolute beginner in adjustments, I was quite nervous whether I would understand the explanations / find the content super-hard to grasp, but Lauren and Ashley made the whole experience massively enjoyable and explained every step so clearly that I got all the basic knowledge I wanted - and much more! This course has really enhanced my confidence and understanding of adjustments and I can definitely recommend it to teachers and practitioners alike. Not to mention the atmosphere was really welcoming and I had a very good time 🙂
October 2023 Attendee
What you’ll learn Yoga adjustments
The fundamentals of adjusting asana
When to adjust and when not to adjust
Ethics and consent around adjusting and the student/teacher relationship
Different types of adjusting including verbal and hands-on.
Effective working with different body types
How to adjust fundamental asanas from Ashtanga, Rocket and Vinyasa
How to help all levels of practitioners from beginners to advanced.
How to keep your body safe when adjusting
We’ll be looking at yoga adjustments for the following groups of asanas:
Standing asanas
Forward bends
Twists
Backbends
Some advanced asanas including inversions and arm balances.
You’ll leave this workshop with the practical skills to confidently adjust your favourite asanas
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You’ll be able to use what you’ve learned so you can start offering adjustments and hands-on assistance in your classes straight away!
About Us
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Ashley Ahrens
Ashley has been practicing yoga for 13 years and teaching for over a decade and she’s now a Senior Yoga Teacher. She’s been privileged to practice with guidance from many amazing teachers over the years, and with regard to learning adjustments, she credits her wonderful Ashtanga Mysore teachers and her main teacher Rameen Peyrow (who practiced at the Ashtanga Mysore Institute for many years)
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Lauren Munday
Lauren has more than 12 years experience teaching and adjusting asana in the Mysore room. She’s worked for many years at Astanga Yoga London as well as assisting Sharath Jois at his Shala in Mysore. Lauren is also a Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (TCTSY-F) therefore brings a trauma-informed approach to consent and adjusting asana.
Bookings and Registration Yoga Adjustments Workshop
Next Workshop
Saturday 18th May 2024 //9.30 am to 5.00pm
Ebury Edge, SW1
Investment
Early Bird offer: £200
£225 Full Price
We have one scholarship place available for someone who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend. Priority is given to those from communities that are underrepresented in yoga. Contact me to apply