Gentle Yoga For Aging Bodies: A Teacher Training Manual - Paperback

by Jennifer Heard Dnm (Author)

As the expansion and acceptance of yoga grows there is an increase in the number of 60+ practitioners. Expand your teaching repertoire and make yoga accessible to this ever growing demographic by learning how move off of the floor onto a chair This training manual looks at how the body changes with age and how to adapt yoga asana for these changes.

Author Biography

Meet Jennifer Heard PhD (DNM), RYT, she believes that life is about balance; mental, physical, spiritual. When the scales are tipped in favor of one over others imbalances will show up in the form of physical or mental health issues. Jennifer aims to help people discover their unique life combination in order to create and maintain balance to facilitate health, healing and wellbeing in all areas of life. Over years of practice, education and just plain living Jenn has come to understand that the science and theory of Yoga can be used to create a healthy body-mind-spirit. Jennifer has been studying and practicing yoga since the mid 90's; with yoga being the guiding force in her life since childhood. Over a 1000 professional yoga teacher training and yoga therapy training hours have given her the knowledge to guide clients to health through ailments, injury and various syndromes. Jennifer shares her passion for yoga in a variety of ways: -Private and public Hatha and/or Mindful Yoga classes -Private and public Therapeutic Yoga classes -Yoga Teacher Training programs -Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training programs -A variety of lectures on Mindfulness, Meditation and Therapeutic Yoga