Tactile learning can occur through contact with an object (like a block or sandbag), when placing your own hands on your body, and, as happens often in yoga, when a teacher places their hands on the body of a student for a variety of reasons: alignment adjustment, breath awareness, grounding, etc.
The Ethics and Art of Hands-on Adjustments is a workshop designed for teachers to develop their knowledge and skills for improved use of tactile cueing. We will discuss the use of touch as a teaching tool, the benefits of touch, reducing harm through touch, and how to improve your own knowledge to support your use of adjustments. We will work through some common postures and posture groups to look at what adjustments might be useful for most students, and explore how to customize adjustments for the individual.
Schedule
Sunday, Mar. 29th, 2020 @1pm – 4pm
Tuition: $60
Kate Bailey has a Doctorate in Physical Therapy, and has 15 years of experience teaching movement therapies such as Pilates and Yoga. Her physical therapy practice focuses on pelvic health for adults and children at Flow Rehab in Fremont. At Flow Kate has also designed semi-private physical therapy informed classes ranging from restorative to vinyasa to yoga for pelvic pain. Prior to moving to Seattle, Kate held a private practice in New York City teaching yoga, pilates, functional training and aquatic therapy. She has been faculty for Sarah Clark’s Interconnected Yoga Teacher Training in San Diego, and Elena Brower’s Art of Attention Teacher Training in New York City. Kate’s classes are alignment-based vinyasa classes with strong influences from the Iyengar tradition, Franklin Method, Pilates and physical therapy.