Hands on assists can help students understand the alignment of the pose for their own bodies. Learn how to discern what is needed to help them gain awareness, proper alignment and perhaps go deeper.

Whether you're a teacher looking to assist your students in the standing series or a student looking to understand how to do the poses correctly in your own body, this workshop will benefit you.

Hands On Adjustments with Clara Roberts-Oss

A Weekend Workshop for yoga teachers and keener students

January 19-20, 2024

Where: Ballet BC, 1286 Cartwright St, Granville Island

Time: 11am -5pm

$275 CND for both days or $150 CND/day

Tax is not included

YA* credits: 10 hours

*Yoga Teachers receive a 10 hour Yoga Alliance CE (Continuing Education) certificate.

Friday -

Adjustments 101 & The Standing Series

Saturday -

Inversions & Backbends

Description of each day

DAY 1 - Adjustments 101 & The Standing Series

Creating a safe space for our students and ourselves is the most important task we have as yoga teachers in a class.

We’ll start the weekend discussing different methods for asking for consent, the difference between adjustments and enhancements, how to move around the room with confidence and different ways we can remain grounded as we teach.

Next we’ll go over poses in the Standing Series. We will cover the poses in the sun salutations as well as the standing series: triangle, side angle, warrior 1 &2, revolved chair and lunge and more.

DAY 2 - Inversions & Backbends

Inversions and backbends can be powerful poses to teach us about ourselves. This workshop will break down the fundamentals of these poses along with how to assist your students confidently as the explore this bigger postures.

If you have requests for particular poses, please let me know on your registration form.

Props needed for this workshop:

• 1 Yoga Mat

• 2 Blocks

• 1 Blanket

• 1 Strap

Yoga Teachers

Receive 10 hours of YA (Yoga Alliance) CE (Continuing Education) credits upon completion of the weekend.

NOTE: You must be in attendance for the WHOLE workshop in order to receive credit.

How To Register

1. Fill out the registration form.

2. Send an etransfer* to clararobertsoss@gmail.com WITH your name in the memo.

   *For those registering for just ONE DAY please, state which day you’re paying for in the memo of your etransfer.

   For those registering outside of Canada, you can pay via Paypal. State that on your registration form and we’ll send you an invoice.

For those who want to pay via credit card -

Please Read our Cancellation Policy

• If you cancel before October 15th, you will be fully refunded.

• If you cancel between October 15 & December 15th, you will be refunded 50% of the tuition.

• If you cancel after December 15th, you will not be refunded any amount.