20Hr Hands-On Assist Training Calgary 2026

Refine your skills. Teach with confidence. Support your students on a deeper level.

Hands-on assisting is more than physical touch — it is a skillful blend of anatomical understanding, energetic awareness, clear communication, and professional intuition. When offered with intention, assists can transform a student’s experience and elevate the quality of your teaching.

This immersive 20-hour in-person training is designed for yoga teachers and teachers-in-training who want to expand their expertise, offer meaningful support, and feel fully confident incorporating hands-on work into their classes.

Whether you are newly certified or have been teaching for years, this program will help you uplevel your offerings while deepening your understanding of the bodies in front of you.

What You’ll Learn

  • 100+ hands-on assist techniques you can immediately integrate into your classes

  • How to work skillfully with injuries, sensitivities, and trauma-informed considerations

  • Energetic cleansing and boundary practices to support both teacher and student

  • The intention behind assisting — when to assist, when not to, and why it matters

  • Extensive guided practice time so the techniques become intuitive and embodied

You will leave this training with practical tools, refined awareness, and the confidence to assist safely and effectively.

Training Details

Location: SW Calgary by Glenmore Landing
Dates: April 24–26, 2026

Schedule:
Friday: 6pm–9pm
Saturday: 8am–5pm
Sunday: 8am–5pm

✔ Eligible for 20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education credits
✔ In-person training
✔ Limited spaces to ensure personalized feedback and hands-on learning
✔ Payment plans available

Early Bird: $475 + GST (until March 1)
Regular Price: $600 + GST

👉 Reserve your spot now — spaces are intentionally limited to maintain a high-quality training experience.

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About Melanie: Melanie is an E-RYT 500hr certified teacher with eight years of teaching experience and over a decade of practice. She has completed 700+ hours of yoga training, including her 300hr certification two years ago with Clara Roberts Oss in Vancouver. Melanie has received hands-on assist training from respected instructors such as Clara Robert's Oss, Carolyn Budget, Erin Evans, and Janet Stone and recently completed at 75hr training in Peru with Movement Method. She has also attended specific sequence trainings with Janet Stone Yoga, Randelle Lusk, and Kent Brun. Melanie's advanced knowledge of anatomy, based on her training as a Manual Osteopath, enables her to create thoughtful and thorough classes, which she is eager to share with her students.

 

TESTIMONIALS

 

“I am so thankful to have enrolled in Melanie‘s classes! They were exactly what I needed to help enhance my knowledge and skill set as a yoga teacher gaining experience. I feel much more confident in planning sequences which are logical and progressive.

I am also incredibly thankful for the hands-on assist course. There are so many more ways than I ever could’ve imagined to help practitioners deepen their practice. Much recommend both of these courses! Thanks, Melanie!” ~ J. Kushner

 

“Melanie's passion and knowledge of yoga were evident during the two weekends I attended the 50Hr Advanced YTT; this included 25 hours of Advanced sequencing and 25 hours of Hands-On Assists Advanced.

Melanie's background as an Osteopath provides her with a profound and detailed knowledge of the human body that only a few yoga instructors have; she explained how to prepare the muscles and activate them, where we were going and how to get there. I gained knowledge of the energy that we as instructors can transfer by touch; I also gained confidence in safely and intentionally assisting students with their form while practicing yoga to take their practice to the next level.

Melanie created and nurtured a knowledge-sharing environment before, during, and after each session, and she continues to do so after the workshop. As part of the program, you are required to do hands-on assistance in Melanie's classes, allowing you to practice what was learned and build confidence.

Melanie is so confident in her students' abilities that she offered them the opportunity to join a hands-on assist program in one of the local yoga studios where she teaches. I am fortunate to call her my mentor.” ~ V. Carrasco