Friday 22 April 2022 (10.30am-12.30pm / 2-4pm)
As a teacher of yoga the art of assisting is one of deep understanding: understanding of your own motivations and biases, and asking ourselves what we are here to actually do.
When we are assisting in yoga there are many elements to look out for in someone; their consent, their reasons to practise, their energy and their own unique anatomical patterns. We can then assist someone in a posture based on what is actually needed, placing the student’s needs at the heart of the assist, helping them to uncover their own personal process and internal understanding.
This one-day workshop will look at the delicate components that come up when assisting someone. We will look at how to meet someone in relationship to yoga, and the communication between two people when an assist is taking place.
We will look at a number of postures and compare how to assist different physiologies, emphasising the skill of teaching to a unique individual.
The workshop will include:
Understanding patterns
Anatomy
Movement theory
Discussion on consent and meeting a student in this way.
How to begin to see a body
Hands-on assists to a number of different postures.
What you will gain from the workshop?
You will begin to notice students in a new way, observing the unique patterns that a student is presenting and being able to help them with that.
Workshop Cost £75
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About Scott
Scott has been director and senior teacher at Stillpoint since he co-founded it in 2009 as Stillpoint Yoga London, with the late Ozge Karabiyik. He has dedicated himself to sharing the practice of yoga each weekday morning since then.
Scott has been practising yoga since 1998, and teaching Ashtanga yoga since 2003. He's one of only a few Ashtanga teachers to both be authorised in the primary and intermediate series by Manju Jois and be given senior teacher status by John Scott.
Scott is registered as a senior yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance UK and has also undergone extensive training with Clear Mind International, gaining their level 1, 2 & 3 certificate in Mindfulness and Compassion.
Scott’s years of dedicated and committed teaching each morning has led Stillpoint to become a highly respected central London Ashtanga yoga shala. He meets everyone who comes and looks to create long-term relationships, integrating the practice of yoga and embodied mindfulness as a way of meeting the world.