Yoga for Healthy Aging Summer Intensive: Register Now!

by Nina

People often write to us asking how they can study with us. Well, finally, now you can! In August 2015, Baxter and I will 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, with required attendance on Saturday afternoon, August 8, for yoga teachers who want YFHA certification.

You can sign up for the intensive now on the Namaste Yoga site. (Scroll down until you see the words SIGN UP in orange.)

Pricing: $775* | $700 Early Bird available until June 15
YFHA Certification for teachers will require an additional $150 fee.

For people from out of town who wish to attend, we will help you find a place to stay. Send a message to Nina via the Contact Us page for more info.

About the Intensive

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 and Saturday afternoon session

We're looking forward to meeting some of you in person!

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