ASSIST INTENSIVE WORKSHOP: STANDING ASANA | INVERSION | FINAL RELAXATION  

In this 10hr Intensive Assist workshop, we will go through Principles of Hands-On-Assists in STANDING, INVERSIONS and FINAL RELAXATION Assists. 

Practitioners receive tremendous benefit from effective hands-on assists that navigates 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. The assists are also alignment based. Alignment with awareness, trough assists, both verbal and hands on. 

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.

Whole course includes:

Friday 

OPEN CLASS 120 min

Saturday 

OPEN CLASS 10-11:30h

Saturday workshop 

13:45h - 16:00h Standing Asana & Assists I

16:30h - 19:00h Standing Asana & Assists I

Sunday workshop

13:45 h - 15:30h Inversions Asana & Assists

16h - 18:30h Final Relaxtion Assists



JUAN SIERRA

is an advanced certified Jivamukti teacher and a mentor for Jivamukti teachertrainings. Based as a yogateacher first in New York and today Berlin he has taught students worldwide. Juan’s witty but challenging classes have inspired his students to practice with lightness as much as deep focus. His humorous ways, own practice and experience, especially with the art of assisting and body movement make his teachings one of a kind.