Yoga Over 50
Looking to deepen your yoga teaching skills and guide students aged 50 and over? This Sivananda Yoga further training course offers valuable insights for teachers seeking to accommodate older students in the yoga class.
This training covers effective techniques to adapt postures, breathing exercises, and relaxation methods, while ensuring a safe and nurturing environment.
Join us in exploring how yoga can enhance the vitality, mobility, and well-being of older persons. Perfect for those eager to enrich their teaching practice while offering valuable benefits to mature practitioners.
This Sivananda certificate course offers yoga teachers a valuable opportunity to expand their skills and broaden their understanding of the unique needs of older men and women.
By learning how to adapt the yoga class for those 50 and up, including those over 60 just beginning their yoga journey, teachers can enhance their ability to support a growing demographic of older students. This training covers techniques for safely teaching yoga to older persons, and addresses key concerns such as joint health, balance, and flexibility.
The course also empowers teachers to integrate yogic dietary advice into their classes. Participants will learn how to guide older students in maintaining a balanced lifestyle, emphasizing the importance of a proper diet to support their yoga practice.
Additionally, the course delves into aspects of yoga philosophy which can be particularly beneficial for older persons in managing stress and maintaining mental clarity.
By incorporating these holistic teachings, yoga instructors can offer their students a well-rounded experience that goes beyond physical postures, creating a deeper connection to both their bodies and minds.
Completion of the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course.
Graduates of other teacher trainings: please contact tyrol@sivananda.net (for courses in Austria) or orleans@sivananda.net (for courses in France) regarding eligibility.
This course shows how to safely support older people in a basic asana class. In addition, asana class models specifically for people over 50 or with restricted mobility are practised and explained.
The following certificate courses are offered at the Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Austria and at the Ashram de Yoga Sivananda in Orleans, France.
On completion of the training course, you will receive a certificate of participation.
The individual courses are 4 or 5 days (3 or 4 nights) in duration.
A full day begins with the first meditation session at 6 am, and ends after the second meditation at 9:30 pm. See the daily schedule below for details.
| Location | Nights | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Tyrol, Austria | 3 | from €337 |
| Ashram de Yoga Sivananda, Orléans, France | 4 | from €323 |
The course instructors are senior teachers of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres.
Swami Ramapriyananda is the director of the Sivananda Yoga Retreat House. For over 25 years she has been teaching in the International Yoga Teachers' Training Courses, presenting all aspects of yoga with ease and creativity. Her love for plants and animals expresses itself in a natural spirituality which she shares with all visitors of the Retreat House.
Jaya Bharati (Patricia Guedj) is an experienced yoga teacher at the Sivananda Yoga Centre in Paris and a yoga therapist with special focus on the needs of elderly people.
| 6 am | Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture) |
| 8 am | Asana and pranayama class |
| 10 am | Vegetarian brunch |
| 10:45 am | One-hour karma yoga (selfless service) |
| Between 12 pm and 3 pm | Lecture or workshop |
| 4 pm | Yoga class or workshop |
| 6 pm | Vegetarian dinner |
| 6:45 pm | One-hour karma yoga (if not done in the morning) |
| 8 pm | Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture) |
This daily schedule is subject to change.
A meditation cushion for the morning and evening meditation sessions is recommended. A meditation shawl is also advantageous.
To practice the yoga poses you will need a non-slip yoga mat or wool mat. You will need a blanket to cover yourself at the end of the yoga class during the so-called final relaxation.
Pillows, shawls, blankets, mats and much more can be purchased in our online shop or in our boutique after arrival.
For your stay you should bring comfortable clothing, slippers, walking shoes, rain gear, torch (flashlight), bathing suit and towels. Eyeglass wearers should bring a hard case for safe storage during the yoga classes.
Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Tyrol, Austria
Accommodation and meals are in the non-smoking eco-hotel Hotel Pointner serving wholefood organic vegetarian cuisine.
All guest rooms have wooden floors and furniture, health mattresses, shower, toilet, hairdryer, telephone and radio. Most rooms have a balcony.
Ashram de Yoga Sivananda, Orléans, France
Accommodation at the ashram ranges from a tent space to a single room with private bath. Room and board are included in the course price.
