"Yoga can be your secret to aging gracefully."
Moments from Yoga Class.
Overview
Yoga adds years to your life, and life to your years. Yoga, a holistic mindfulness and body exercise is designed to promote our health and wellbeing - be it physical, emotional, mental or social. Regular yoga practice helps senior citizens boost immune system and strengthens physical body. Asanas and Pranayama makes respiratory system strong, helps to breathe easy and meditation helps to reduces stress and anxiety that many of us may be undergoing now. Yoga brings greater mobility and energy with a greater sense of self-awareness and a higher consciousness in senior citizens.
Senior Citizen Yoga Workshop
Relax and bring harmony between Body and MindWe invite you to rejuvenate and relax with Sivananda tradition of Hatha Yoga. On a 12 days workshop spread over 4 weeks and conducted 3 days every week, you will practice a variety of non-strenuous asanas with some advanced poses such as inversions and backbends, whilst focusing on more refined deep breathing and cleansing to prepare the body for meditation, making it suitable for senior citizen.
Date: 28 May Onwards
Frequency: Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Fee (8 Class): Rs. 1250
Fee (12 Class): Rs. 1800
Where: Online on Zoom
*You may opt for 12 days or 8 days classes. You may also select the weekdays you can join as per your schedule.
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
During first week, we shall practice Kapalabhati and Pranayama energising the brain and cleansing the respiratory system. We will build body stamina with surya Namaskars in both standing and chair form, which will allow you to bring back the lost vigour and be more active. We will focus on leg stretches, hip and knee openers and core building asanas - inversions, forwards bends and backbends and relaxation. First week will be about understanding your asanas and body deeply. Guided meditation will be done in every class.
We will learn new Backbends and Forward Bends Asanas. We will be introducing Inversions in this week viz Shoulderstand with wall support. In this week we will be focusing on building the spine flexibility and strength. These asanas will be a cure to major backache issues. We will be doing Japa Meditation in week 2
In this week, we shall focus more on Standing asanas. Our focus will be in on building strength in knees and joints. We shall also continue doing asanas for building thigh and arm strength. This practice will be beneficial for students with knee pain issue. Continue doing Japa Meditation.
This week we will be building regular practice routine. A full practice with Surya Namaskars, Kriya, Pranayama, Asanas, Meditation and relaxation. We will also be doing Chair Yoga with regular practice.
What's Sivananda Tradition of Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga relates to the restraint of breath (Pranayama), Asanas, Bandhas and Mudras. 'Ha' ( solar energy) and 'tha' ( lunar energy) mean the union of the sun and the moon, union of Prana and Apana Vayus. In Sivananda tradition, asana is always balanced with pranayama and relaxation, offering indirect control of the mind.
Sivananda Yoga identifies a group of twelve asanas as basic and emphasis is on mastering these twelve basic asanas first. Pranayama or meditation is an essential part of Sivananda Hatha Yoga. Meditation coupled with positive thinking and sattvic diet give energy, reduces stress, cultivates integrity, and connects to the flow of universal life.
What's Benefit of Yoga
Learning Yoga help to develop self-awareness through self-mastery in senior citizens.
- Building muscle strength, balance, and flexibility
- Greater cardiovascular and digestive health.
- Cleansing of the body.
- Feeling a sense of peace, well-being and relaxation.
- Manage pain from arthritis, and improve sleep quality.
About The Trainer:
The yoga class will be conducted by Pearl and Manmohit Verma who are certified HATHA yoga trainers from Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Academy founded by Swami Sivananda Saraswati, which is dedicated to the teaching of classical yoga and Vedanta worldwide to promote physical, mental and spiritual health. Pearl and Manmohit both are also certified Mountaineers, and they have been teaching Yoga to individuals, groups and corporates for 6 years.