Service Description

'Yoga assists,' - where a yoga teacher uses their touch and bodyweight to help students deepen into and find alignment in poses - are common in yoga classes. For many yoga students, they are a highly enjoyable and beneficial experience. Yet, within the majority of yoga classes, there is little space to explore these touch-based practices in two-way dialogue, where both student and teacher can communicate effectively and safely. This Partner & Assisted Yoga workshop series seeks to offer a safe space to explore yoga and touch-based practices in communicative dialogue. Run by two yoga teachers, Floss & Bethany, each session will begin with a yoga-flow warm. We will then explore some practices taken from acroyoga and partner yoga followed by an exploration of one or two hands on assists with a specific anatomical focus. Through assists work, we will learn to safely and communicatively give and receive touch to deepen our experience and alignment in yoga postures. The sessions will end with savasana (relaxation). Exploring touch-based practices not only has a positive effect on the body and the mind - nurturing the nervous system to relax and feel safe through relating to human others - but also allows us to cultivate deep self-love, an increased empathy for others, improved communication and listening skills, and a shared respect for one another's boundaries. In previous sessions we have ran, participants have commended the collaborative nature of these sessions - something which is rare in modern yoga studios. In our sessions, there is an opportunity to learn from and with others, exploring yoga as a relational practice where we all have something to give. We look forward to seeing you on the mat soon! Please note: sessions are ran at Together Culture. You can join Together Culture from £18.50 a month to get a multitude of benefits, including discounted member rates to these sessions! It is a great community to be part of, more info here: www.togetherculture.com