Save the Date for Yoga for Healthy Aging's First 30-Hour Intensive!

by Nina

Yes, you read that correctly! Something Baxter and I have been hoping to do for some time is finally coming to fruition. In August 2015, we’ll be offering our very first Yoga for Healthy Aging intensive. This 30-hour intensive will be held at Namaste Yoga in Berkeley, California, from August 3 to August 7, possibly with an extra day for yoga teachers who want YFHA certification. Baxter and I will conduct the training.

This course will provide instructions on maintaining your physical, mental, and emotional health as you age. The main focus of the course is on preventative strategies, covering

• Strength
• Flexibility
• Agility
• Balance
• Stress Management
• Circulatory System/Heart Health
• Brain Health
• Equanimity 

We’ll present the scientific background that explains how and why yoga works to foster healthy aging, so you’ll understand which techniques to use when. And we’ll teach yoga the essential yoga poses, yoga sequences, and other practices that will set you up for a lifetime of practice.

This intensive is designed for relatively healthy, relatively physically able participants. It will not include instructions for or information about yoga for seniors who cannot stand unaided and need to practice in chairs. It also will not include specific information about using yoga as therapy for medical conditions, although there will be a bit of general background on that subject.

For certified yoga teachers, this course will provide supplemental, specialized training in yoga for healthy aging techniques, which you can then teach to your own students. For yoga students with one or more years of experience, this course will provide you with the tools to create a personalized yoga program that meets your particular needs and concerns.

We’ll offer two different certificates:

1. Course Completion certificate for yoga practitioners
2. YFHA Teacher Certificate, for previously certified yoga teachers only, with additional teacher project

Sign ups for the intensive will be through Namaste Yoga, and I’ll let you know as soon as this is set up (along with pricing). But for now, if you’re considering attending, just save the date!

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