Artful Touch & Effective Assists
From observation to connection.
This training explores the power of touch, both as a practitioner and a teacher. You’ll gain awareness of your own postural and movement patterns, and learn to observe and assist others with greater clarity and confidence.
We’ll practice touch that supports, not corrects, and assists that come from presence, not pressure. Through giving, receiving, and observing, you'll refine your understanding of alignment and compensation in real bodies.
You’ll leave with:
💜 A clear framework for safe, functional assists
💜 Deeper awareness of your own patterns
💜 Tools to read and support diverse bodies
💜 A manual & videos with visuals and hands-on guidance
What You'll Learn
Experience the difference between “fixing” and supporting. You’ll learn how to offer assists that are intentional, respectful, and grounded in somatic presence, not habit or hierarchy.
We’ll explore how to observe posture and movement patterns with curiosity and care. You’ll get to know compensation tendencies (including your own) and learn to work with the body instead of against it.
From grounding touch to directional assists, you'll explore a variety of techniques you can use in class, and learn when not to assist. You’ll build your confidence through feedback, repetition, and real connection.
Who You'll
Learn From
Fanny Alavoine & Willemieke Verweij bring together years of experience in embodied movement, functional anatomy, and intuitive teaching. Their styles complement each other beautifully, Fanny’s knowledge of biomechanics and sequencing blends with Willemieke’s background in dance, somatics, and presence-based touch. Together, they create a learning space that is both structured and spacious, where technique meets intuition, and where respectful, skillful touch becomes a tool for real connection.
Naomi
What moves where? What is stable, what is moving? Alignment in motion. How to teach students to safely move. I loved how you taught us joint by joint; first explaining anatomy, then a compensation pattern, then you showed us the compensation patterns, and then we practise on each with other 1 hands on adjustment, 1 cue. That made it very digestible.
Noeleen
It has been incredible to receive your kindness and wisdom, generosity and love. The course work you developed was astonishing in detail and knowledge. You held space for us while challenging us and enjoying our growth. Thank you will never be enough. 🙌🔥❤️
Who It's For
- Certified yoga teachers (200h+)
- Teachers working toward their 300h
- Passionate practitioners ready to deepen
- No need to be an expert, just curious and committed.
Dates
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025:
13:00 - 21:00
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025:
13:00 - 21:00
Sunday, Dec 7, 2025:
10:00 - 18:00
Location
Tribes Studio 'The Flo'
Floris Versterlaan 61, Leiden
Just 15 minutes on foot from Leiden Central Station
For your meals: there are plenty of restaurants and shops near the station, or you’re welcome to bring your own, a fridge is available on site.
Price
€375
(no VAT charged, CRKBO-registered)
Certificate
Upon completing the module, you will be eligible to receive a certificate for Continuing Education with Yoga Alliance, effective immediately.