Chair Yoga can be fun and challenging. Chair Yoga offers an alternative to mat yoga that can be just as challenging. Let's face it, not everyone feels comfortable sitting on the floor. That alone can make yoga inaccessible. However, many postures that are done sitting on the floor can also be done sitting in a chair with better alignment, less pain and discomfort. Chair Yoga also uses chairs for standing. Using a chair for standing poses offers increased stability and often results in better alignment for students who have joint and muscle stiffness.
In this 2 - part, workshop we'll explore Chair Yoga basics in the morning and Chair Yoga flows in the afternoon, including the Sun and Moon salutations. Sign up for morning or afternoon or both. Many of these modifications can be brought into mainstream classes for students who have specific limitations. Teachers who develop skill with asana modification and adaptive poses are in high demand for teaching special needs populations including a growing segment of the population - seniors and retirees.
This workshop meets the Yoga Alliance standard for 6 hours of Continuing Education.
Request a certificate of attendance at registration and add $5 to your payment.
Bring:
Your lunch.
Contact:
850.291.5506
info@breathepcola.com
www.breathpcola.com
Presenter:
Karen O'Donnell Clarke, ERYT500 has been teaching adaptive asana for since 1996 for students ages 5 - 95 in mainstream and adaptive classes. Karen has presented Teaching Adaptive Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis nationally since 2003. She received her primary training from Kripalu and Integrative Yoga Therapy. Karen will be presenting The Art of Teaching Yoga for Every Body at the KYTA conference at Kripalu in June.
Atlanta, Georgia
August 13 & 14, 2010 Adaptive Yoga at Jai Shanti Yoga with Karen O’Donnell Clarke
Friday, August 13, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. Yoga for Sensational Children
A focus on Children First teaching yoga for children with special needs.
Each child is born into the world as a unique expression of cosmic energy. It’s through the senses that we experience the world. Children with special needs often experience the world through disordered senses. The physical world offers obstacles and challenges for children with autism or down syndrome or cerebral palsy or many other conditions that make their childhood experiences different from those of typical children.
Yoga offers whole person wellness tools that support children and the families of children with special needs.
In this workshop, we’ll explore tools and techniques for teaching yoga to children with a variety of individual needs including structure and flexibility, sequencing, social interaction, and FUN!
Welcoming yoga teachers and parents of sensational children. Please do not bring children to this workshop.
Saturday, August 14, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Chair Yoga for Every Body
Chair Yoga can be fun and challenging.
Let's face it, not everyone feels comfortable sitting on the floor. The good news is that many postures that are done sitting on the floor can also be done sitting in a chair with better alignment, less pain and discomfort. Chair Yoga also uses chairs for standing. Using a chair for standing poses offers increased stability and often results in better alignment for students who have joint and muscle stiffness.
This class offers a comprehensive, embodiment experience that will change the way you think about adaptive chair yoga.
Welcoming yoga students and yoga teachers. Do come! You’ll be glad you did.
Saturday, August 14, 1:00 - 6:30 p.m. Teaching Yoga to Adults with Special Needs
Stiram sukham asanam - a steady and comfortable posture. This concept integral to the practice of yoga poses. It also applies to being steady and comfortable with all aspects of our lives.
Teaching yoga to people who have special needs can be incredibly rewarding, humbling, and heartfelt - and a challenge for yoga teachers who are unfamiliar or uncomfortable with their abilities to teach students who have physical challenges or serious health conditions.
This workshop includes discussion and experiences so that teachers can explore various ways to adapt to the needs of students. Building on on Chair Yoga for Every Body, this workshop offers a developmental approach to teaching some common and not so common asanas, so that students may learn how to modify poses for their body so that steady and comfortable may be possible, in mainstream and specialty classes.
Integrating adaptive asana practices into traditional and specialty classes is an art that can facilitate the transformative power of yoga by creating a safe and inviting environment for all students. Teachers who develop this skill are in high demand for community yoga classes as well as special-needs populations which will be addressed.
Welcoming yoga teachers and motivated students.
Registration:
Friday, August 13, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. Yoga for Sensational Children
$45, please register before 7/30 to reserve your space
Sensational Parents $35/ 2 for $50
Saturday, August 14, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Chair Yoga for Every Body
$20. Early bird, $16. Special circumstances, contact Bill at Jai Shanti.
Saturday, August 14, 1:00 - 6:30 p.m. Teaching Yoga to Adults with Special Needs includes Chair Yoga for Every Body
$75, please register before 7/30 to reserve your space
These workshops meets the Yoga Alliance standard for 3, 5 or 8 hours of Continuing Education.
Yoga Teachers, request a certificate of attendance at registration and add $10 to your payment.
Contact:
Phone: 404.370.0579 or 860.204.0797
Email: Jai Shanti Yoga at bill@jaishantiyoga.com or Karen at yogahealsus@yahoo.com
Bring: Your lunch and writing material.
Presenter:
Karen O’Donnell Clarke, ERYT 500, certified in Kripalu Yoga and Integrative Yoga Therapy, frequently presents on the topic of adaptive yoga for yoga studios and National Multiple Sclerosis Society chapters throughout the country.
Salt Lake City, Utah
August 27 - 28, 2010
Yes, You Can Adaptive Yoga
with Karen O'Donnell Clarke
Teaching Adaptive Yoga for People with Multiple Sclerosis (TAYMS)
A Workshop for Yoga Teachers and Health Care Professionals
Sponsor:
The Utah State Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is hosting this continuing education program for yoga teachers and licensed health care professionals who have an interest in using yoga techniques to work with people who have MS and other challenging health conditions.
Teaching Adaptive Yoga for People with Multiple Sclerosis (TAYMS)
A Workshop for Yoga Teachers and Health Care Professionals
Sponsor:
The Greater Illinois Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is hosting this continuing education program for yoga teachers and licensed health care professionals who have an interest in using yoga techniques to work with people who have MS and other challenging health conditions.
Teaching Adaptive Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis (TAYMS)
with Karen O'Donnell Clarke
A Workshop for Yoga Teachers and Health Care Professionals
Sponsor:
The National Capital Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
is hosting this continuing education program for yoga teachers and
licensed health care professionals who have an interest in using yoga
techniques to work with people who have MS and other challenging health
conditions.
Pensacola, Florida
Atlanta, Georgia
