Calling all yoga teachers!
A skillful hands-on assist in a yoga class can be transformational and life-changing for your students!
At the same time, an inadequate assist is more detrimental than no assist at all. Learn how to give masterful hands-on assists that are both educational and empowering for your students while you discover the art of service and attention through refining your therapeutic touch under Amy’s watchful eye.
This module is designed to provide you with advanced skills in a wide variety of manual assists in order to add depth and sophistication to your teachings by practicing hands-on assists in the context of large or small group settings and private sessions. Come explore assists for a full spectrum of poses in a delicious exchange of loving hands that will dramatically expand your teaching repertoire!
You will learn:
• About the different types of touch and when to use them.
• The difference between therapeutic, opening, stabilizing, and positioning assists.
• Methods for centering yourself before teaching to help enhance the energy behind your touch.
• Hold your own body safely during hands-on assists to prevent common assisting injuries.
• How to connect with a student before giving an assist to build trust.
• How to give verbal assists before touching a student to help empower their understanding.
• Methods to be crystal clear when touching a student so that they actually move with you and improve their pose!
• Observation techniques to help you prioritize when and who to assist first.
• How to assist with the breath as your ally.
• When to use props as part of an assist.
As with all Vesselify advanced teacher training modules this topic will be explored through a career and business lens in order to help you shine as a knowledgeable yoga teacher!
What’s Included:
• Full Training
• Detailed Training Manual
• 27 Continuing Education Contact Hours
If you are attending this course for accreditation with Yoga Alliance and flying out of town Sunday, please ensure you do not book flights too early to ensure you can complete the training with ample time to make your flight home.
Get ready to meet and make fabulous friends, be reinvigorated as a yoga teacher, revel in being a student again, and enjoy Clinton, CT, a hidden gem nestled along the picturesque Connecticut shoreline complete with crisp sea breezes, fall foliage, sandy beaches, and breathtaking coastal vistas.
WHEN:
Thursday may 1st - SUNDAY may 4TH, 2025
Daily Schedule
Thursday - 1:00pm - 5:30pm
Friday, Saturday, Sunday - 9:00 am – 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm
WHERE:
CENTER YOGA + WELLNESS 36 NOD ROAD, CLINTON CT 06413
TUITION INVESTMENT:
$695 + TAX
6-month payment plan offered for limited time ONLY
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
Full Training
Detailed Training Manual
Welcome gift bag
27 continuing education contact hours
This training counts towards Yoga Alliance continuing education hours.
Download our Travel & Logistics Information packet to learn about where to stay, great restaurants, accommodations, recreation and much more!
REFUND POLICY:
No refunds, partial or full, will be made to students who choose not to participate at any point after registration for any reason, including but not limited to: physical or mental illness or injury, voluntary departure, personal emergencies, and student dismissal.
Vesselify reserves the right to cancel any training before it begins. In that case, any payments applicants have made will be refunded in full.
Amy Ippoliti, a gifted teacher’s teacher, has been leading yoga teacher trainings since 1999. Her students have gone on to become leaders, authors, conference presenters, and teacher trainers in the yoga world – both in the United States and all over the globe! Amy is known for her innovative methods that bridge the gap between ancient yoga wisdom and modern-day life. Amy shares her passion for yoga, health, earth conservation, and with her writings. A featured teacher on YogaInternational.com, she is a pioneer of advanced yoga education, cofounding Vesselify School of Yoga, an online and in-person school that has enhanced the skills of yoga teachers and studios in 65+ countries. Amy is the co-author of “The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga.”