Faculty:
Susan Thomas, LMT, RYT, Personal Trainer,
Specializes in teaching yoga to seniors
Pat Harpell, RYT, Owner and Director of Acton Yoga, Seniors Yoga Teacher
10:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Adam’s Inn – Best Western Hotel, Neponset Circle, N. Quincy
Fee: $195.00 includes training materials 10% discount for Graduate of Finding Inner Peace, Mass Yoga and South Shore Yoga Network members ($175.50)
In this training, you will learn how to lead a chair yoga class, which is a gentler, slower pace of yoga designed for people of varying ages and physical ability. Yoga provides gentle, stabilizing, and strength building postures enhancing mental clarity. Seniors enjoy the group activities and socialization. They develop more confidence in a casual, nurturing, and fun environment. Yogic breathing increases levels of vitality and enthusiasm and enhances their spirit. Various class sequences will be presented: using yoga props, using the wall, standing poses with the chair and other ideas for group activities.
At the completion of this certification training, the student will be able to:
* Describe the aging process and its' effect on muscles, bones and vital organs.
* Describe age-specific postures which are beneficial for seniors.
* Describe common health conditions in the senior population.
* Describe postures for seniors that can done at the wall.
* Sequence a chair yoga class for seniors using yoga props
* Sequence a chair yoga class for seniors using seated and standing poses
* Sequence a regular gentle yoga class for seniors
To register, contact yogareikisound@yahoo.com or call Maureen Spencer, RN - 781 864-2130
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