In 2017, Canada’s Seniors officially out numbered children.
With no signs of this trend abating any time soon, learning to teach yoga to our Seniors safely and mindfully is becoming an increasingly important skill in the yoga teaching world.
As our population ages steadfastly, understanding the common physical and mental issues and having the qualifications to teach yoga to this large segment of our population will provide yoga teachers with a unique and very rewarding niche.
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.
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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.
This Training Sells Out. Early registration highly recommended.
| FREE Info Session at Breathe Yoga Studio | Sunday June 25th @ 4:30pm Breathe Yoga Studio 18 Hook Ave, Toronto |
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| 20 Hour Training Course July 21-23, 2023 A Certificate of Participation will be awarded to those who complete the training. For YE Certificate see below. |
$595+ hst REGISTER HERE IF JOIINING IN PERSON |
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| 20 Hour Training Course July 21-23, 2023 A Certificate of Participation will be awarded to those who complete the training. |
$595+ hst REGISTER HERE IF JOINING ON ZOOM ONLY |
Register Here |
| Yoga Alliance CYE Credits + Certification Homework Submission required. Certificate will be mailed after homework is reviewed. |
$75 | Register Here |
This course is eligible for CYE with the Yoga Alliance.
