This 15 day immersion training is designed specifically for ages 50 and up and includes yoga education and practice to become Yoga Alliance Certified, with the focus on softer practices and an eye towards teaching students ages 50 and up. Chair yoga certification and Reiki level 1 is included. This program includes all meals, materials, and for those from out of town, lodging as well if you make a reservation with us to hold a space in our dorms.
Along with the meditation, breathing, and relaxation techniques, you will learn how to adapt the classical Yoga asanas to the chair rather than the floor in a therapeutic context. Material is offered for students of a variety of skill levels and circumstances to make yoga accessible.
Explore modifications in the chair, advanced chair yoga postures, partner yoga in the chair, restorative yoga in the chair and more.
Yoga Therapy Concentration B
- Philosophy: Bhagavad Gita
- Yoga Therapy Anxiety and depression
- Dharma and the Purposeful Life
- Yoga Therapy for Back health
- Yoga for fertility, libido and sexual health
- Human development 2
- Yoga therapy for mental health
- Yoga therapy for eating disorders and body image
- Yoga Therapy Assessments
- Yoga Therapy Ethics & professionalism/ communicating with health professionals.
This program offers 200 hours of pre-recorded content to complete at your convenience, as well as 6 online zoom sessions with a mentor every other Saturday from 1-6pm every. The pace allows students to complete the online work in advance of sessions so they can participate in practicum exercises and questions and answers to process and grow with the content for the best learning experience.