with Gwyn Williams and Bess Prescott
This training is approved by Yoga Alliance as 25 Hours CE
A three-day immersive workshop exploring movement, structure, energy and touch.
This weekend is an invitation to slow down, listen more closely, and work intelligently with the body as it actually is. Together, we will explore four major joints of the body through a structural and energetic lens, using asana, therapeutic movement and hands-on bodywork to support long-term freedom of movement.
Rather than chasing flexibility or strength for their own sake, this workshop asks a more nuanced question: what does this body need in order to move with ease, clarity and resilience?
What you can expect each day:
Across three days, Gwyn and Bess will guide you through a progressive exploration of the body’s major articulations, focusing on the places where restriction, pain or compensation most commonly show up.
You will learn how to:
Work skilfully with hips and shoulders as both structural and energetic centres
Develop a more supportive relationship with the lower back
Understand and respond to common patterns of neck pain
Refine and deepen the art of therapeutic touch
Discern when asana should stretch, and when it should stabilise
Through a combination of practice, inquiry and hands-on exploration, we will look at the troublemakers of the body and offer multiple, adaptable ways to restore and sustain movement over time.
Yoga Alliance:
This training is Yoga Alliance certified and counts as 25 hours of Continuing Education (CE), recognised by Yoga Alliance under Bess Prescott Yoga.
Structure and Approach
This workshop blends:
Asana practice
Clever, therapeutic movement
Foundational bodywork skills
Structural insight and energetic awareness
The emphasis is on practicality, curiosity and responsiveness, learning how to read bodies (including your own), make informed choices, and work with sensitivity rather than force.
Touch will be taught as a listening skill, not a technique to impose.
Dates
Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd of February 2026
Times: 8am - 4pm Friday, 11am - 6pm Saturday & Sunday
Location: Folde Yoga School — 4/65 Murray St, Nipaluna, Hobart 7000
Investment
$597 Full Price
Payment plans available.
Meet your Teachers
Bess Prescot
I am a yoga practitioner and teacher interested in the intersection of yoga, human rights, history, ethics, politics and environmentalism.
I studied and practiced law for a few years before turning to teaching yoga full time in 2011, having practiced regularly since 2001.
I co-founded Creature Yoga in Byron Bay in 2015 and grew it to worldwide recognition over nearly 10 years. I am interested in the critical study of yoga history and original texts, and I completed first year Sanskrit Studies at ANU in 2021. I teach yoga āsana as well as lecturing yoga history and philosophy for teacher trainings around the world. I am deeply curious about yoga: how it has done and can do good in the world, and how it has contributed to harm. As teachers and practitioners, how to be aware of tradition while refusing to uphold dogma, hierarchy, patriarchy and caste apartheid. The impacts of colonisation and capitalism. The dangers and superficiality of modern wellness culture. The intersection of yoga and politics; debrahminisation and desanskritisation; and the question of cultural appropriation. The teachings of yoga are many, some of them are transcendent, others are abhorrent. Which texts and teachings align with my ethics? Which do not? The principles I am interested in steadying myself in include non-harming, truth telling and discernment. For me, the only yoga worth practicing is a yoga that is deeply engaged with the world. Looking inwards is only half of the practice: become strong and steady so you can offer a hand to others. For me, yoga teaching is a two-way street, co-created with my students. I’m looking forward to continuing this journey with you.
Gwyn Williams
Gwyn began his first steps into the foundation of the Zenthai artform in his teenage years with a fascination and complete absorption with life force energy (Ki). A self confessed life force fanatic, his earlier years involved in using the life force to fight and compete. As a serious martial artist and later a competitive mountain runner, the focus was on expending Ki, however when he later moved into alternative therapies and yoga in 1997, he realised that the real focus needed to be on sustaining and containing life force to utilise its full power. This has carried through to the present day sharing the importance of embracing a Yin and Yang aspect in daily life.
Gwyn has been teaching his entire adult life. Earlier as a physical education teacher, martial arts instructor and later as a yoga teacher and Zenthai facilitator. His passion for alternative therapies and connecting his heart with his hands led to him teaching Zen Shiatsu at his created Mt. Ninderry Healing Centre in 1999. Since this initial class he has become a national and international teacher of his own form of bodywork/movement and awareness.