Hands-On Assists - Advanced Yoga Teacher Training with Amy Ippoliti
Thursday, April 10, 2025 – Sunday, April 13, 2025
A skillful hands-on assist in a yoga class can be transformational and life-changing for your students! At the same time, an inadequate assist is more detrimental than no assist at all. Learn how to give masterful hands-on assists that are both educational and empowering for your students while you discover the art of service and attention through refining your therapeutic touch under Amy’s watchful eye.
This training is led by Amy Ippoliti, an internationally renowned yoga teacher and co-founder of Vesselify Yoga. Known for her decades-long dedication to yoga education, Amy has helped shape thousands of yoga teachers, including Sarah Lindemulder, owner of Joy Collective Yoga Studio, who earned her 500-hour Teacher Certification studying directly with Amy. Sarah credits Amy’s innovative teaching methods for elevating her ability to deliver precise, empowering, and compassionate hands-on assists—skills you’ll have the opportunity to cultivate in this training.
About the Training
This module is designed to provide you with advanced skills in a wide variety of manual assists in order to add depth and sophistication to your teachings by practicing hands-on assists in the context of large or small group settings and private sessions. Come explore assists for a full spectrum of poses in a delicious exchange of loving hands that will dramatically expand your teaching repertoire!
You will learn:
About the different types of touch and when to use them.
The difference between therapeutic, opening, stabilizing, and positioning assists.
Methods for centering yourself before teaching to help enhance the energy behind your touch.
Hold your own body safely during hands-on assists to prevent common assisting injuries.
How to connect with a student before giving an assist to build trust.
How to give verbal assists before touching a student to help empower their understanding.
Methods to be crystal clear when touching a student so that they actually move with you and improve their pose!
Observation techniques to help you prioritize when and who to assist first.
How to assist with the breath as your ally.
When to use props as part of an assist.
As with all Vesselify advanced teacher training modules, this topic will be explored through a career and business lens in order to help you shine as a knowledgeable yoga teacher!
What’s Included:
Full Training
Detailed 75-Page Training Manual
27 Continuing Education Contact Hours
Where:
The Good Earth Farm
28318 466th Ave
Lennox, SD 57039
Check out Newton Hills State Park for nearby lodging options!
Dates:
April 10-13, 2025
Daily Schedule:
Thursday: 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Friday, Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Pre-requisites:
Be a graduate of a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
We are intentionally limiting the number of attendees for safety reasons and expect this intensive to fill quickly, so please enroll at your earliest convenience to save your spot! Due to space constraints, no refunds of tuition can be made, therefore please make sure your schedule is clear before enrolling.
This training can be put toward Yoga Alliance continuing education hours.
Investment
$695
(3-month payment plan available for a limited time ONLY. Click here!)
REFUND POLICY
No refunds, partial or full, will be made to students who choose not to participate at any point after registration for any reason, including but not limited to: physical or mental illness or injury, voluntary departure, personal emergencies, and student dismissal.
Vesselify reserves the right to cancel any training before it begins. In that case, any payments applicants have made will be refunded in full.
Thursday, April 10, 2025 – Sunday, April 13, 2025
A skillful hands-on assist in a yoga class can be transformational and life-changing for your students! At the same time, an inadequate assist is more detrimental than no assist at all. Learn how to give masterful hands-on assists that are both educational and empowering for your students while you discover the art of service and attention through refining your therapeutic touch under Amy’s watchful eye.
This training is led by Amy Ippoliti, an internationally renowned yoga teacher and co-founder of Vesselify Yoga. Known for her decades-long dedication to yoga education, Amy has helped shape thousands of yoga teachers, including Sarah Lindemulder, owner of Joy Collective Yoga Studio, who earned her 500-hour Teacher Certification studying directly with Amy. Sarah credits Amy’s innovative teaching methods for elevating her ability to deliver precise, empowering, and compassionate hands-on assists—skills you’ll have the opportunity to cultivate in this training.
About the Training
This module is designed to provide you with advanced skills in a wide variety of manual assists in order to add depth and sophistication to your teachings by practicing hands-on assists in the context of large or small group settings and private sessions. Come explore assists for a full spectrum of poses in a delicious exchange of loving hands that will dramatically expand your teaching repertoire!
You will learn:
About the different types of touch and when to use them.
The difference between therapeutic, opening, stabilizing, and positioning assists.
Methods for centering yourself before teaching to help enhance the energy behind your touch.
Hold your own body safely during hands-on assists to prevent common assisting injuries.
How to connect with a student before giving an assist to build trust.
How to give verbal assists before touching a student to help empower their understanding.
Methods to be crystal clear when touching a student so that they actually move with you and improve their pose!
Observation techniques to help you prioritize when and who to assist first.
How to assist with the breath as your ally.
When to use props as part of an assist.
As with all Vesselify advanced teacher training modules, this topic will be explored through a career and business lens in order to help you shine as a knowledgeable yoga teacher!
What’s Included:
Full Training
Detailed 75-Page Training Manual
27 Continuing Education Contact Hours
Where:
The Good Earth Farm
28318 466th Ave
Lennox, SD 57039
Check out Newton Hills State Park for nearby lodging options!
Dates:
April 10-13, 2025
Daily Schedule:
Thursday: 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Friday, Saturday & Sunday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Pre-requisites:
Be a graduate of a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
We are intentionally limiting the number of attendees for safety reasons and expect this intensive to fill quickly, so please enroll at your earliest convenience to save your spot! Due to space constraints, no refunds of tuition can be made, therefore please make sure your schedule is clear before enrolling.
This training can be put toward Yoga Alliance continuing education hours.
Investment
$695
(3-month payment plan available for a limited time ONLY. Click here!)
REFUND POLICY
No refunds, partial or full, will be made to students who choose not to participate at any point after registration for any reason, including but not limited to: physical or mental illness or injury, voluntary departure, personal emergencies, and student dismissal.
Vesselify reserves the right to cancel any training before it begins. In that case, any payments applicants have made will be refunded in full.
