Ashtanga Adjusting & Assisting Clinic with Elliott McEldowney

For many students, the experience of an ashtanga yoga class is tied to the adjustments and assists the teacher provides. But the current discourse around physical adjustments and consent has complicated our approach to touch in the studio. How do we resolve the question of adjustments in the ashtanga tradition with how we now teach students?

In this adjustment workshop, we’ll discuss the traditional approach to hand-on adjustments and work through strategies for adjustments and assists that respect consent, keep students safe, and are sustainable for the teacher. We’ll look at the alignment of many of the asanas from ashtanga primary and second series and we will workshop ways to adjust that maintain stability. We will encourage students to deepen their experience of the pose safely and under their own power.

We will do a short practice to warm up but most of our time will be spent learning and experimenting with adjustments and assists through partner work. Some familiarity with the ashtanga sequence would be helpful, but is not required. This will be a very hands-on experience: please be comfortable with giving and receiving touch. 

Cost: $50

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Please bring a mat, yoga mats are available to rent in studio for $3

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