The Baby Boomers are turning 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day! Chair yoga offers an opportunity for older adults or anyone with limitations to remain physically active and also creates a sangha (community) to maintain meaningful connection with others.
Chair yoga is easy to teach virtually as the only home prop needed is a chair! When we are gathering again post COVID, chair yoga can be taught at senior centers, churches, during lunch hour at businesses and anywhere where there are people and chairs!
Whatever the situation, Restful Mountain Chair Yoga Teacher Training prepares yoga instructors to teach this style of yoga to our growing aging population.
Topics include:
- Routines that promote joint freedom, healthy breathing, balance, fascial release and strength.
- Sequences that move seamlessly from the chair to standing to reclined work with modifications for students who do not get down on the floor
- Research on healthy aging and best practices for working with students 60+ and therapeutic students of all ages
- Instructions on sharing yogic philosophy with students in a way that is helpful and healing for daily living
- Information on setting up a chair yoga class, cultivating your clientele, and promoting a sense of compassion and community within the group
The training is structured in two segments so students can complete a case study for learning. The workshop provides 15 contact hours and 5 non-contact hours continuing education with Yoga Alliance.
Dates:
Saturday, June 11 from 9:30 - 12:30 + 1:30 – 4:00
Sunday, June 12 from 9:30 - 12:30 + 1:30 - 4:00
The final four hour session will be arranged between Anne + the participants.
This offering is held at the studio with a livestream option available. Please email Anne at tondrey999@aol.com
Investment: $225 {E Book + CEUs included}
Anne worked with her mentor Peggy Cappy, author of Yoga for All of Us, who leads trainings in teaching yoga to adults 50+. Anne also has a Masters in Social Work with a Certificate in Gerontology from the University of Pittsburgh. She was executive director of a non-profit agency working with senior citizens for six years in Pittsburgh.