Yoga Assists - 10h Intensive

ASSIST INTENSIVE WORKSHOP:  STANDING ASANA | INVERSION | FINAL RELAXATION

In this 10 hour Intensive Assist workshop, we will go through Principles of Hands-On-Assists in Standing Asanas, Inversions and Arm-Balances as well as Final Relaxation Techniques.

Yoga Practitioners receive tremendous benefit from effective hands-on assists that navigate them to discover proper alignment and the deepest possible expression of a pose. Skillful, mindful, conscious assists are a powerful way to deepen a practitioners physical experience of a pose while sharpening their personal awareness. 

This workshop is for both teachers and practitioners who would like to deepen their understanding in the principles of safe and effective hands-on-assists and deepen their understanding of the asanas covered.

Class will begin with warming up the body before we begin to assist. Through partner work we will learn the essentials of giving and receiving assists, explore how to support others while improving our own practice in the process. In the workshop we will cover how to use body mechanics to offer effective assists and also learn how to use props as part of assists.

SATURDAY

12:30 - 15:00 Standing Asana Assists l

15:30 - 18:00 Standing Asana Assists ll

SUNDAY

12:30 - 14:30 Inversion Assists

15:00 - 16:00 Final Relaxation Assists

16:30 - 18:05 OPEN CLASS 95min

Juan is looking forward to welcome you!

ABOUT JUAN SIERRA

Juan (born in Peru and raised in  NYC) is an Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher and a Mentor  for Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Trainings. He was introduced to Yoga by a friend, and that was the turning point in his life. Yoga contributed to  peeling away the layers of avidya (illusion, ignorance) and to have  compassion for all beings. His classes are filled with “crisp” humor and  endearing humility, skillful hands-on assists, and thoughtful choice of  music. Juan offers a challenging practice that strives to  inspire and empower, giving students tools to develop consciousness – maintain undisrupted when faced with the calamities of everyday  life. Juan is eternally grateful to his Teachers who have influenced  him: David Swenson, Sharon Gannon, David Life, and Rima Rani  Rabbath.