Raphan Kebe: The art of assisting
with Raphan Kebe

For experienced practitioners and teachers

Touch brings awareness, touch is connection and communication, and it carries profound benefits, both physical and sociological. As such it is a powerful tool for enhancing your practice and/or your teaching.

In this workshop, we will work with the understanding that touch (as assists and/or adjustments) provides somatic guidance. We will also learn how to receive assists and teach others ‘how’ to receive it. We will explore ways to touch and assist in a manner that is empowering, efficient and sustainable.

Using a set of simple yet practical principles, we will use creative Thai massage-inspired, postural release and stretching techniques that support both givers and receivers. It will be an opportunity to practice both giving and receiving assists.

The session will cover:

- Different types of assist and when to use them

- Considerations regarding consent for and taboos of touch, including post-Covid

- Giving the receiver control

- Adjusting assists for body proportions (yours and the receiver's)

The workshop is suitable for

Experienced practitioners keen to enhance their practice through an afternoon of partner yoga and resistance-based asana.

Teachers wanting to