Gentle Yoga For Aging Bodies
Expand your teaching repertoire and make yoga accessible to an ever growing demographic! Learn how to sequence with a chair and other props!
This training looks at how the body changes with age and how to adapt yoga asana for these changes.
By the end of the course you will have learned:
How yoga needs to change with age.
How yoga can help improve the quality of daily living for the 60+ community.
You will gain general knowledge of the ailments affecting today’s seniors.
How to sequence a yoga class to be inclusive of a large age and ability range.
Ways to modify classic asana to be accessible for people with mobility issues.
2 options:
Manual only option: for self study, no certificate included, buy paperback manual here:
Home Study Certificate Option
Distance Education: Learn at your own pace! PDF manual with homework and email support. After completion receive a 50 Hour Distance education “Senior Yoga Teacher Training” Certificate that can be used for Yoga Alliance CEC’s.
Other Courses Available Upon Request
200 Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training – Basic yoga teacher training with a special focus on alignment and breathwork.
Mindfulness Meditation – 50 Hour Meditation and Mental Yoga Teacher Training
Mindfulness Training for Teachers – 25 or 50 Hour Mindfulness Training for Classrooms k-12. The perfect workshop for teachers. Mindfulness for classrooms teaches how to incorporate techniques of mindfulness, into their classrooms to better serve the needs of today’s youth.