Hypermobility on the Yoga Mat | yoga teachers | online

Hypermobile people are generally over-represented in the yoga world – it’s a rare class that doesn’t have at least a couple of hypermobile participants – but yoga teachers often feel under-equipped to deal with this population. Not surprisingly, for perhaps no group of students contains so much diversity in terms of physical capacity and so much complexity of need. Little about yoga and hypermobility is clear-cut or generalisable to every hypermobile person, and so faced with hypermobile students, yoga teachers can end up feeling confused and incompetent.

 

In this workshop we will be looking at some general principles that may help us to understand what’s going on for our hypermobile students and how we can assist them in ways that are helpful and digestible. What we cover will reflect the interests of participants, but may include:

 

• What hypermobility is and how it affects hypermobile people

• Strength, stability and control inside and outside yoga

• Proprioceptive limitations / dyspraxia

• Hypermobility, neurodivergence and yoga

• Yoga practices and nervous system regulation

• Which teaching settings best serve hypermobile students

• Students with complex needs and teachers' scope of practice

• Postures and practices that are ‘good’ / ‘bad’ for hypermobility

• Dizziness, pranayama struggles and orthostatic issue

 

Please bring any of your own experiences – positive and negative – of teaching hypermobile students that you might like to share, and if you are also yourself hypermobile, your experiences of being a student are very welcome.

I am Autistic and welcomes neurodivergent teachers to this workshop.

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Who is it for?

• Yoga teachers who are, or think they may be, hypermobile

• Non-hypermobile yoga teachers
   

This workshop is in association with Yoga Teachers Together and is for yoga teachers and trainee teachers only. If you are a hypermobile yoga practitioner who is not a yoga teacher, please check back here or contact me to be added to the email list for information about future Hypermobility on the Yoga Mat workshops available to you
 

About Jess
I have been practising yoga in a hypermobile body for over 40 years, and teaching hypermobile students for more than 20. Although I've garnered a lot of knowledge and experience and written a book along the way, I don’t see myself as an expert in hypermobility. My skill is in accompanying hypermobile practitioners on the yoga journey and holding space for what wants to unfold for each unique individual. You can find out more about me here.
 

What people say about Hypermobility on the Yoga Mat workshops
“Jess’s teaching on hypermobility is eye-opening, fascinating. I recommend it very highly for anyone who is hypermobile, suspects they might be, or who teaches labelled or unlabelled hypermobile students.”—Sally (yoga teacher)​

“I can't recommend this workshop enough. It’s fantastic!”—Paul (yoga teacher)

“An excellent workshop. Jess is clearly very knowledgeable in this area. I really gained a lot and have already put some of the teachings in practice – my students are very grateful!”—Nicola  (yoga teacher)

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“I thoroughly enjoyed the hypermobility workshop. Jess made it such a lovely experience – interesting, explorative – and it was so nice to be around people with similar issues. I would seriously recommend this workshop to all.”—Hannah (hypermobile yoga teacher trainee)

“I really enjoyed these workshops. Jess’s knowledge is phenomenal, and she delivers it in a really accessible and approachable way.”—Jane (hypermobile yoga teacher)

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“What I learned during this workshop has had a massive positive impact on me and how I look after my body. All the aches and pains, and the difficulties I had with my posture and gait and with yoga poses now make so much sense. I’ve been able to use what I learned to start making some changes to how I live and move, and I feel so much better for it. Perhaps, most importantly, I now know how to make sure I’m properly relaxed to help stop the old autonomic nervous system kicking in even when I’m lying down!” Susanna (hypermobile yoga practitioner)

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Date: Sunday 1 March 2026.
Time: 11.30am–1.30pm.
Place: Online (Zoom).
Cost: Free to members of Yoga Teachers Together. You will also receive the recording and any resources. For non-members the workshop is currently free but will become paid-for in the new year. Non-members have access only to the live event. To join YTT and receive the recording and resources, as well as access to four free CPD workshops by Elder Yoga Teachers a year, the cost is £36.
Booking: Go here.​