Date: 3.5 | Time: 15:00 – 18:00
Location: Sagayoga Kallio, Kaikukatu 2 C
Price: 65€ (incl. VAT)
YACEP: This masterclass is eligible for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education (YACEP) credits.
Join Julia Hackzell and her dear friend and extraordinary teacher Haley Withers (visiting all the way from the UK) for an afternoon of playful exploration and embodied strength.
This unique masterclass offers a rare opportunity to practice with Haley during her visit to Helsinki—a chance to dive deep into the art of moving from your center with two passionate teachers who bring complementary strengths to this immersive experience.
You don’t have to be able to hold a handstand to join this — this is the reason why we created this masterclass.
Journey to Your Center
In this workshop-style Vinyasa masterclass, we'll explore the profound connection between your core and limbs through flowing, juicy sequences that awaken deep neurocellular patterns. You'll discover how a true inversion practice begins not with the hands but with the navel center—your energetic and physical powerhouse.
We approach inversions not as isolated poses to perfect, but as expressions of whole-body integration. Each transition becomes an opportunity to experience the beautiful relationship between your center and your extremities, building awareness that transforms both your practice and your everyday movement patterns.
What You'll Experience
Progressive Building Blocks: Step-by-step techniques that break down complex movements into manageable pieces, addressing one component at a time—wrists, arms, core, spine, and hamstrings
Hands-On Assistance: Personalized adjustments and observations from Julia and Haley to help you understand your unique body patterns
Embodied Awareness: Practices that heighten your proprioception, allowing you to recruit what has been silent and soften what has been overworking
Playful Exploration: A light-hearted approach that invites curiosity and joy into challenging movements
For All Levels
Whether you're just beginning to tip upside down or refining your handstand transitions, this workshop meets you exactly where you are. We'll provide variations and modifications for every body and experience level, focusing on the journey rather than the destination.
The principles we explore extend far beyond inversions—they're fundamental to creating strength, mobility, and grace throughout your practice and daily life.
Come as you are. Root deeply. Rise boldly.
Join us to cultivate a deeper sense of embodiment, connection, and strength as we tap into the power of play, support, and shared energy. This is not about perfection; it's about exploring the fullness of all corners of who you are.
About the teachers:
Haley (left) is a 500RYT yoga and movement teacher, as well as a designer, weaving creativity and curiosity into everything she does. She is honored to share her practice through workshops and retreats around the world—from Nicaragua to Egypt and everywhere in between. Deeply in awe of the body’s intelligence, she crafts experiences that invite you to tune in on every level. Her teachings are a fusion of strength and playfulness, structure and freedom, anatomical precision and sensory exploration. Every moment is choreographed with intention—guiding you deeper into the now. Inspired by the sensory richness of life, she curates each class with attention to detail, from the sounds you hear to the scents in the air, the language spoken, and the way movement feels in your body.
Julia is a devotional mystic, embodiment guide and an E-RYT 500 yoga teacher who has been teaching since 2015.
She is an endlessly curious human and someone who cares deeply for people, animals, and Mother Earth. With a soft presence and a fierce devotion to truth, Julia invites others into the slow, sacred work of remembering their innate wisdom and magic. Her path is guided by the quiet intelligence of the body, the rhythms of nature, and a reverence for what is true.