Yoga for Seniors Training

Teaching Yoga to An Ageing Population
A 20 Hour Training
July 21-23, 2023

Now in it’s 15th year,  Breathe Yoga is committed to enhancing the well-being of our Seniors through our Yoga for Seniors training programs.
This training typically sells out.  Please register early to avoid disappointment.

SUITABLE FOR:

• YOGA TEACHERS
• TEACHERS IN TRAINING
• PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH SENIORS
• INDIVIDUALS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING THE WELL BEING OF SENIORS

SCHEDULE:

• FRIDAY JULY 21-  3:00pm-9:00PM (30 min break)
• SATURDAY JULY 22 – 10:30am-6:30pm (1 hour break)
• SUNDAY July 23rd – 9:30am-6:00pm (1 hour break)
  Your presence for the full course is required either in person or live on zoom.  Recordings can only be available under special circumstances.

THIS TRAINING WILL COVER:

Preventative Yoga: Constructing empowering, effective and compassionate  classes for Seniors with options for various stages of ageing or condition.  Chair  Yoga, as well as other therapeutic practices will be covered.

Mind, Heart and Spirit: Learn to construct classes that support Seniors from the inside out.  We will review emotional and spiritual challenges unique to Seniors. 

Balance is Life: A special focus on the importance of balance for seniors  including overall foot health, a look at gait, tips for maintaining or improving balance on and off of the  mat. 

Yoga for Osteoporosis: Proper care and safety measures for students with Osteoporosis 

Yoga for the Joints:  Learn to foster strength, safety and mobility for joints and replacements joints (eg replacement hip joints) 

Daily Habits : Participants will learn 15+ simple movements for seniors to do at home to keep them moving and healthy.  

Benefits of Yoga for Seniors: Understanding yoga’s benefits for optimising health challenges impacting seniors ranging from: blood sugar level balance,  cardiovascular disease, anxiety and depression, lung disease, dementia/ Alzheimers, and beyond. This will include a look at research and data where available. 

Yoga for the Eyes: A look at some basic practices to empower eye care for  seniors. 

Traditional Wisdom on Ageing and Yoga: Exploration of themes and best  practices. 

Restorative Yoga: Benefits and accessible practices for seniors. 

Yoga for the Vertebral Column and Posture: An understanding of basic  practices to help with posture, balance, pain management and lung capacity. 

Creating Community: How to best create a welcoming environment. Ageism Awareness 

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

This environment will be an interactive, experiential  and caring space designed to give students the most options possible for  working with seniors. We will also learn from our own practice, have a guest  lecture, and the chance to look at specific case studies. Come prepared to  learn, have fun and relax!

“I attended Andrea Peloso’s 40hr Restorative TT while simultaneously taking my 200hr TT, and I absolutely loved it. Andrea has a very easy-flowing and nurturing teaching style that makes you feel immediately comfortable and at ease. She is incredibly knowledgeable and up to date with current affairs in the yoga world. I am so grateful to have come across this specific training as I found this teaching to be more of a “true” restorative-style yoga than what is taught at some other studios.”  Nicole

“Andrea’s Teacher Training was both experiential and full of concrete knowledge and wisdom from her years of studying yoga and experiencing the teachings of a restorative yoga practice. This training taught us to nurture our students in a way that most western yoga classes do not allow.I also came home with a whole new set of poses and variations to explore… and without my previous fear of using props!”– Shelaugh Earle-Meadows

YOGA ALLIANCE

This training course is eligible for for Yoga Alliance CYE credits and Certificate.  Additional home work submission and $75 fee applies.