Course Description

 

Yoga is inherently a wellness practice. In yoga, we find that by practicing the right yoga for each different phase of an individual's life we can maintain a healthy body and mind. These classes were designed to create a deeper knowledge of everyday yoga practices you can use to connect with your clients through normally occurring different stages of life that they may be dealing with. 

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All women's bodies shift in hormones and change after menopause no matter how we cared for them.  We will have to work at retaining our strength and flexibility to balance the affects of aging.

Common concerns aging including, diseases and disabilities that accompany aging and we will look at the practices of yoga that can keep us aging gracefully. We will learn about issues that arise in aging body and beneficial practices of

many of them.  Regularly using the practices of yoga we come aware of our own bodies, more conscious of it's strength, weaknesses and needs.   We will  focus on practices that will strengthen and balance both physical and mental clarity.    

The Wisdom years can bring us onto our own power through the experiences lived and observed over our lifetimes,

offering us our greatest, creativity, power, confidence and freedom. 

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Course Objectives - an understanding and ability to explain, 

To know some of the most common affects offing that asana, regular movement can lessen or provide ease from.

Adapting  practices as needed to accommodate changes, (sometimes we need less, some times we need target,

sometime we need different).                                                                        

Strength, Flexibility, Agility, Balance, Cardiovascular and Nervous System

Asana & Pranayama

Restorative Yoga

Chair Yoga

 

Manual - Workbook will be provided 

 

Recommended Reading -

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YACEP Credits                                     Contact       Non-Contact Hours

Techniques, Training & Practice (TTP)                 14.00                 0.00

Teaching Methodology (TM)                                       8.00                 0.00

Anatomy & Physiology (AP)                                         6.00                 0.00

Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle & Ethics (YPLE)           2.00                  0.00

TOTAL                                                                                 30.00                 0.00

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Additional Course Information 

• The cost of the program with accommodations, breakfast, lunch & dinner starts at $850. USD payable in dollars or colones

  • shared room - $850.  per person

  • monks rooms (single bed) - $1099 per person

  • Private room (full size bed)- $1199 per person

• Class begins at 7:30 daily and ends at aprox  4:00.  Breakfast, lunch & dinner will be served daily. (dinner can be arrange)

• Additionally we can provide information on.. SJO Accommodations and Airport Transport to and from San Jose International Airport  - Airport (SJO) for $75. each way on a shuttle,  $95.00 flight and bus information $20.00 from downtown San Jose. 

• We can provide you with a list of hostels, hotels and AirB&Bs near the airport .

• Additional nights stay maybe available before and after the program, please ask in advance of arrival.

• All classroom materials are here in the studio, mats, blocks, bolsters and pillows.

• Payment: a 25% deposit is due with registration, with maybe paid via PayPal or Bank Deposit. Balance of payment is due by bank deposit, cash or credit/debit card payment on arrival.          

                                                                                       

Bienestar Uvita Yoga Shala      bienestarlife.costarica@gmail.com        whatsapp +1 506 8505 1369

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