YFHA IMMERSIONS
Yoga for Healthy Aging Immersions
with Baxter Bell and Melina Meza
All immersions are live streamed with recordings available for a limited time.
Spring Quarter of YFHA
April 24-June 20, 2024
Yoga For Healthy Aging 30-hr Immersion
Sept 20-22 & Oct 18-20, 2024
YFHA 3.0
Next dates TBA
April 24th-June 20th, 2024
Livestreaming Online, w/ Recordings
If you’ve loved the Yoga for Healthy Aging courses or book, we think you’ll love our new program and being part of an ongoing community of like-minded yogis. We hope you can join us for our quarter of enlightening and informative Yoga for Healthy Aging topics to fill and inspire your practice on and off the mat. Our program includes monthly Zoom research-informed presentations and twice-a-month adapted yoga practices for maintaining physical, mental, and emotional wellness; all of which will leave you feeling excited about whatever stage of life you find yourself in.
Spring Quarter: Embark on a journey of discovery with our Yoga Asana Variations for Healthy Aging class, where we address common challenges encountered in yoga practice as we age. Be inspired as we unveil exciting variations, prioritizing range of motion and alleviating age-related discomforts. Walk away feeling empowered with the knowledge to adapt poses, understanding anatomy, fascia, contraindications, and prevalent conditions associated with aging.
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April: Hips to Toes
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May: Aging Spine
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June: Shoulders to Hands
Included:
• Three one-hour Zoom Presentations – Wednesdays 4pm (PT)
• Six Thursday Yoga for Healthy Aging Practices
• Poetry and articles to keep you inspired
• 9 hours CE credits available
ALL CLASSES are recorded and available through August 15th, 2024.
Sliding scale pricing.
Yoga For Healthy Aging 30-Hour Immersion
September 20-22 & October 18-20, 2024
Livestreaming Online, w/ Recordings
Join us for an enlightening and informative program that focuses on practical strategies for a lifetime of vitality and well-being. This 30-hour immersion includes research-informed presentations and adapted yoga postures for maintaining physical, mental, and emotional wellness.
Yoga practitioners learn to set themselves up for a lifetime of healthy living; 200-hour yoga teachers have the opportunity to receive Yoga for Healthy Aging certification.
Join us and learn:
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How and why yoga supports healthy aging
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Essential yoga poses, sequences and other health-promoting practices
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Movement practices for strength, flexibility, balance and agility
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Unique practices to support heart health
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Yoga for managing stress and maintaining brain health
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How to cultivate long-term mental-emotional balance and equanimity
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Ayurveda for healthy aging
Yoga teachers can enhance their teaching toolkit, and yoga students at all levels of experience can benefit from tools to create a personalized yoga program that meets their particular needs and concerns.
Classes are recorded and available through the end of December 2024.
COST:
$700 (no certification)
$800 (certification track)
$400 (already taken class and want to repeat!)
YFHA 3.0
Next Dates TBA
Join us for this empowering and rejuvenating 15-hour immersion, where you’ll not only gain valuable insights on healthy aging but also nurture a positive outlook around the bountiful adventure of growing older. Rediscover the joy of moving, learning, and connecting with like-minded yogis as you embark on a path to holistic health in your elder years- even if they are a ways off in the future!
Our course offers a balanced mixture of presentations, yoga-based practices, experiential activities, and ample opportunities for engaging discussions. Whether you’re new to yoga or an experienced practitioner, our Yoga for Healthy Aging 3.0 course welcomes all levels of experience.
Some of the topics to be covered:
• Breaking the Age Code
• Brain Health and Dementia Prevention
• Nourishing Your Tissues (dhatus) in the Vata Season of Life
• Moving beyond Muscle & Bone Strength with Fascial Reorganization
• Bedside Yoga for living with Serious Illness
• Healthy Heart and Community
• Grief Literacy: Skills for Loss
• Yin and Poetry
• Satya: Embracing the Truth of our Mortality
As with the original Yoga for Healthy Aging 30-hour immersion, there will be a balanced mixture of presentations, yoga-based practices, experiential opportunities, and time for questions. It is recommended, although not required, that you have either done our 30-hour program, or have read the book Yoga for Healthy Aging as a launching pad for our time together.
15 RYT continuing education hours are available for this course.
Here’s what some of the recent students had to say about their experiences with the online YFHA Training:
"I think it is very important to mention just how amazing the online class format was. You were in class but had the benefit of being in your own space - so it was very comfortable and conducive to learning. We still felt like we were part of a community and the workshop flowed very smoothly. AND it brought the book YFHA to life.”
“The program helped me get unstuck in both physical and mental areas of my life!“
“I got tools to face the changes brought on by the Pandemic.”
“If you want to be invigorated and excited to teach, I highly recommend Yoga for Healthy Aging Zoom Immersion. We were given a beautiful blend of yogic scientific/medical perspectives and Ayurveda regarding aging with practical new ideas.”
“The immersion has re-invigorated my yoga and stimulated my creativity.”
“I can now imagine aging gracefully.”
“This is a 5-star training!”
