Adapted Yoga Course With Anjaneya, Michael Hutkins
October 23 - 25
This program teaches how to make hatha yoga accessible for people needing a more gentle approach, modifications, or adaptations, due to health issues, aging, injuries, or other physical or mental limitations. You will learn how to adapt asanas and asana choices to offer the same benefits in a way that can be tailored to individuals, or a groups’ special needs.
You will study:
- Philosophy of asanas
- Joint exercises
- How to safely modify asanas while maintaining their benefits
- Teaching philosophy for a gentle/accessible class
- Philosophy of ageing
- How to adapt to common chronic diseases
- Working with injuries
- Learn to teach a complete class in a chair and standing for those who can not access the floor.
- Learn to teach a class using a chair or wall for support when necessary.
- Learn to teach an adapted classical hatha yoga class (Gentle yoga)
- Learn to teach seamlessly to a group of individuals that might be in all the above categories
Tuition Fee: $ 375 plus 2 nights of accommodation
Program Schedule
Friday
- 3:00pm Check-in
- 4:00pm Hatha Yoga Class
- 6:00pm Dinner
- 7:30pm Satsang (silent practice, mantra chanting, talk) *
- 10:00pm Lights Out
Saturday
- 5:30am Wake Up Bell
- 6:00am Satsang* or Silent Walk
- 8:00am Hatha Yoga Class
- 10:00am Brunch
- 10:45am Karma Yoga
- 12:00pm Adapted yoga workshop: Practice and theory
- 6:00pm Dinner
- 7:30pm Satsang*
- 10:00pm Lights Out
Sunday
- 5:30am Wake Up Bell
- 6:00am Satsang* or Silent Walk
- 8:00am Adapted yoga workshop: Practice and theory
- 10:00am Brunch
- 12:00am – 3:00pm Adapted yoga workshop: Practice and theory
- 3:00pm Room Check-Out
Anjaneya (Michael Hutkins) is a yoga teacher and yoga therapist with 25 years of experience in Sivananda yoga. He teaches and offers yoga therapy in Gatineau/Ottawa as well as sharing courses in Canada and the USA.
