The Baby Boomers are turning 65 at a rate of 11,000 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.
You'll learn:
Routines that promote joint freedom, healthy breathing, balance, fascial release, and strength
Sequences that invite movement through the joints, standing work that promotes a healthy gait pattern, and reclined movement for students who can 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
Leading guided relaxations to help reduce stress and improve wellbeing
The training is structured in two segments so students can complete a case study for learning. The weekend workshop provides 12 contact hours. Follow up requirements include 4 non contact hours + a 4 hour session arranged at the convenience of participants.
14 CEUs through Yoga Alliance are available
Dates:
Saturday, September 14 12:30 - 5:30
Sunday, September 15 12:30 - 5:30
Follow-up session date to be determined by participants {4 hours}
Anne has been teaching chair yoga for over 16 years and has trained with Peggy Cappy, who frequently teaches yoga on PBS and is the author of Yoga for the Rest of Us. In addition to being a continuing education instructor with Yoga Alliance, Anne is a certified Yoga Therapist and has a Masters in Social Work with a Certificate in Gerontology.
This training is offered in studio. If you'd like to attend livestream, please email Anne at tondrey999@aol.com
Investment: $225 {E Book + CEUs included}