The Bliss of Hands on Assists Workshop

Do you feel that there is a wall between your caring hands and your students? Do you ever feel lost in what to do when desiring to help your students in poses?

Internationally renowned Forrest Yoga & anatomy teacher, bodyworker Jambo Truong joins us for a deep dive into hands on assists.

* Over two days, we'll work with Jambo to deepen our understanding on :

- Consent

- The foundations of hands on assists

- Manual vs verbal assists

- Applying biomechanics and massage techniques into assists

- Acupressure techniques

- Making savasana dreamy

- Working with injuries

* The structure for each day :

10am: Ceremony, songs, pranayama & meditation

11am-12.30pm Yoga asana: preparing the body to serve

(10 - 12.30pm will be open, so if you can't make the full weekend, you're very welcome to book in for these morning intensives)

12.30-2.30 Break

2.30-5.30 Hands on assists clinic

About Jambo :

Jambo frequently travels teaching workshops based on Forrest Yoga, Functional Anatomy and Native practises of the Medicine People. He is also an experienced bodyworker and bodywork teacher based on his multi-disciplinary practise of structural alignment, muscles testing and classical East Asian medicine.

​As a Forrest Yoga Guardian and travelling assistant to Ana Forrest, he is committed to delivering the healing practise of Forrest Yoga in its most authentic form. He supplements asana workshops with sessions on functional anatomy, neuro-science, applied kinesiology and structural bodywork.

He believes that the foundation for physical and emotional growth walk side by side. The yoga mat is a safe arena to explore the areas we are working towards as well as the places we are afraid to meet. This safe space is deliberately generated so that we can walk with full integration. All of our gifts and the shadows that we need to snuggle up to.

Learn more about Jambo at https://www.jambodragon.com/about