The art of giving a beneficial hands-on-adjustment is delicate. When you adjust someone you enter into their space to quite literally help them find a fuller expression of the yoga pose in their body. This requires trust, skill, a good understanding of alignment, and personal nuance. 

Over 5 hours we will dive into many different modalities of yoga and movement to help us learn about alignment, form, function, range, sustainability, longevity, directionality and more. We will debunk notions such as “you have to be flexible to do yoga” by understanding how the body folds and unfolds into itself. The physical structure, when plugged into a strong foundation, can help us achieve new perspectives and reach profound depths not only in our asana practice but in our whole lives. 

Once we learn how to build a strong foundation for ourselves then we are prepared to share that knowledge with others. We will practice giving and receiving hands on adjustments in various different types of yoga poses. We will learn the do’s and don’ts of hands on adjustments and also discuss topics such as injury prevention, working with students who have injuries, and healing the body through adjustments.  

Hands-on-adjustments are an invaluable tool in the belt of the yoga teacher. A good adjustment has the power to create both physical and energetic space in the body of the practitioner. Where there is space and capacity, there is possibility to reach new heights both on and off the mat. 

Interested in checking out Kishor’s weekly class before signing up? Check out our yoga schedule here.

Kishor Chandra is a yoga teacher, bhakti practitioner, and kirtan leader. Always seeking deeper truths and a higher purpose Kishor moved to India when he was 21 years old. There he lived in ashrams and studied the ancient yogic philosophy of the Vedas and yoga asana under the tutelage of master yogis. Since then he has travelled all over the world and refined his yoga asana teachings with a focus on healing injuries. Having suffered many himself Kishor is passionate about sharing an asana practice that is both transformative, well informed, and sustainable. With over 1000 hours of training Kishor’s signature blend of Katonah Yoga®, Vinyasa, Functional Mobility, and Advanced Asana helps students reach their yoga potential in a safe and sustainable way. Kishor leads workshops, trainings, and retreats all over the world but his home base is the Bhakti Center where he serves as the Yoga Director. He has studied under the guidance of master teachers His Holiness Radhanath Swami, Kulavadhuta Satpurananda, Dr. Gajendra Kumar, Raghunath Cappo, Jaya Jagannath das, Dhyana Masla, Dana Flynn, Abbie Galvin, Nevine Michaan, Benjamin Sears and others.