As yoga teachers, the first communication we have with students is through language. If our verbal skills do not communicate in the desired way, then hands-on adjustments, assists, and corrections may be appropriate. In this workshop we will explore when, why, and how to offer these powerful teaching techniques that speak directly to the body.

Kim Schwartz was introduced to eastern philosophy as a child and began studying yoga in 1971 at age 18. In 1981 he met his Guru and began more formal studies in the yoga sutras and other aspects of yoga philosophy. Around that time he was also introduced to the Iyengar system of asana practice. In 1985 he was certified to teach yoga through the Temple of Kriya yoga. He was ordained a Swami in the Kriya lineage in 1986. He has taught ongoing yoga classes, teachers training programs and workshops here and abroad since that…