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Nov
7
to Nov 14
Chair Yoga, Adaptive Yoga

The Principles of Adaptive Yoga

The Principles of Adaptive Yoga (Two online weekend modules)

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*This workshop counts towards the Center for Integrative Yoga Studies 300 Hour Advanced Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training Certification, OR join us as a curious student looking to advance your practice!

Meets 11/7-11/8 AND 11/14-11/15

Saturdays AND Sundays: 9:00a - 2:00p

Learn how to offer your students grounding, spinal awareness, strength building, and ease in the body and breath in this Adaptive Yoga workshop with Carey Sims.

“When adapting postural yoga techniques, teachers often get stuck on how to modify this or that shape. My philosophy is if we move in the right ways, the shapes will appear. I am interested in bringing peoples’ awareness to their breath and experience and focusing on functional movements they can use in their daily lives. To me, that is much more useful than mastering some arbitrary shape.”

What to expect:

  • Adaptive Yoga practices led by Carey each day

  • Explore ways to adapt functional movement and breath work to make them accessible

  • Embrace creative ways to make movements and sequences fun

  • Explore ways to adapt your teaching cues to make them more direct and inclusive

  • Deconstruct asanas and discover ways to think about postural modifications

  • Discuss some common contraindications/considerations for Seniors and Adaptive students

  • Learn from and share with your peers through case studies and small group teaching 

For students not in The Center for Integrative Yoga Studies program, this workshop provides 18 Yoga Alliance accredited CEUs

Your Investment:

Early Bird Pricing offered through October 26, 2020: $375

October 27 - November 6, 2020: $425

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Working towards your 300 hour certification? We have an option to pay in full and receive a discount. For more program details (Terms & Conditions, Cancellations & Refunds, Certification Requirements, etc.) visit our website:https://nodayoga.com/300hr!

Meet Your Teacher:

Carey Sims E-RYT500, NASM-CPT lives in Charlotte, NC. His mission is to help students explore their bodies and breath in an accepting and non-judgmental way. He teaches “Gentle Back Care” at NoDa Yoga and offers Chair/Adaptive Yoga classes at various senior living centers and gyms in the Charlotte area. Carey has studied extensively with Adaptive Yoga pioneer Matthew Sanford of Mind Body Solutions and Leslie Kaminoff of The Breathing Project. He is an Accessible Yoga Ambassador, a Love Your Brain Ambassador and leads continuing education workshops on Chair Yoga and Adaptive Yoga. Carey holds degrees in Psychology from Winthrop University and Religious Studies from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte teaches modules on Yoga History and Ethics for several 200Hr Yoga Teacher Trainings.

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Chair Yoga - A Workshop for Teachers
Feb
29
to Mar 1
Chair Yoga

Chair Yoga - A Workshop for Teachers

Chair Yoga - A Workshop for Teachers


It is often challenging to find safe and grounded practices for students with mobility or balance issues. In a traditional postural yoga class, the typical starting point is standing, kneeling, or lying on a mat on the floor, but these positions are not always accessible for many potential yoga students. Chair Yoga utilizes the same mind-body principles as mat practice, but from the safety of a chair. Learn how to offer your students grounding, spinal awareness, strength building, and ease in the body and breath through Chair Yoga in this workshop with Carey Sims.


“When adapting yoga classes to a chair, teachers often get stuck on how to modify this or that shape.  My philosophy is if we move in the right ways, the shapes will appear. I am interested in bringing peoples’ awareness to their breath and experience and focusing on functional movements they can use in their daily lives.  To me, that is much more useful than mastering some arbitrary shape.”

What to expect:

 - Chair Yoga practices led by Carey each day

- Explore ways to adapt functional movement and breathwork to make them accessible

- Embrace creative ways to make movements and sequences fun

- Discuss theming, cueing, and ways to approach your Chair Yoga classes

- Deconstruct asanas and discover ways to think about postural modifications

- Discuss some common contraindications for Seniors and Adaptive students

- Learn from and share with your peers through small group teaching

- A handout and website link with sequencing ideas, an overview of discussion points, and visual references for postures

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This workshop provides 12 Yoga Alliance accredited CEUs 

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