http://www.jeanshortyoga.ca
Certificate Program
Sept. 11 & 12, 2010
Location:
Lower Sackville or Fall River, NS (Exact location to be announced closer to the event)
Price: $250
This workshop will cover all aspects of how to teach Yoga for Seniors, so that seniors can safely and fully benefit from the experience.
Topics covered:
* Three Levels of Yoga for Seniors: Seated Yoga, Chair Yoga, Gentle Hatha Yoga
* How to create 'Yoga for Seniors' classes
* Health challenges, precautions, contraindications and modifications
* Pranayama
* Laughter Meditation
* Partner yoga
* Postures with chairs and walls
* Visualization and Meditation
* Massage and benefits
* Release/Health forms
* Communication
* Moving from sitting to standing/moving from floor to standing
* Funding
Prerequisite and Accreditation
The workshop is a certification course in teaching ‘Yoga for Seniors’ for participants who have obtained, or are enrolled in a 200-hour yoga certification program.
Anyone working with seniors (personal caregivers, nursing home staff, recreation professionals, doctors, nurses, or anyone who has an interest in the benefits of yoga for seniors), is invited to participate, but they will not be certified as a ‘Yoga for Seniors' Teacher.
A certificate of hours will be provided for all participants.
Instructor Description
Jean Short is a Certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor and has been teaching for nine years. She is the owner of Gentle Path Yoga Studio in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. She instructs all levels of hatha yoga and is passionate about teaching Yoga for Seniors.
Seven years ago, she undertook a transformational 14-week Spiritual Lifestyle Program at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA. She is currently a student of the AYTT 500 program.
In January, 2006 she participated in a weeklong SAYCO (Silver Age Yoga Community Outreach) workshop in San Diego, with facilitators Roger Cole and many medical specialists/yoga practitioners. She spent the following Summer creating this workshop, and has had participation from Newfoundland to Alberta.
She is grateful for all her students and yoga teachers, especially Paula Heitzner (Nyack, NY) who taught her that the body is a miracle, and Jody Myers who helped her connect to her spirit.
phone: (902) 865-9475
e-mail: click here
Comments from participants at the April 2008 workshop
Recommendation
"I liked the breadth and scope of this workshop very much. I arrived feeling very nervous about teaching seniors, but am leaving with confidence that I will be able to create classes that can help seniors lead healthier lives. The yoga sessions were informative and helpful, and Jean’s teaching, guidance and ability to lead the class into this new territory is wonderful. Her obvious love of what she is doing transmitted itself to us all – this was informative, immensely helpful, and most enjoyable. I wouldn’t change a thing."
Dianne MacPhee
P.S. I very much appreciate the wonderful manual and all the helpful hints.
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For more information please download the following documents:
CCAA Brochure FFADP Host (540 kb) 
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or contact:
Thia Rutledge
Adult Day Program Supervisor
Oakwood Terrace
10 Mount Hope Ave.
Dartmouth NS
B2Y 4K1
469-2794 (199)
thia@oakwoodterrace.ns.ca
