Level 1 (Oct 2022) - Prime of Life Yoga®: Yoga After 50 Teacher Training

The Yoga After 50/Prime of Life Yoga® professional certificate program offers an overall lifestyle approach to Yoga that includes asana that is accommodating, covering everyday biomechanics, management of common aches and pains and weight reduction with Yoga, gait training, stress reduction and sleeping tips. Students will be trained in techniques for teaching yoga to older populations whose needs differ from younger yoga students. By developing routines and behaviors that cultivate positive thinking and acceptance of the aging process, these students of yoga will gain a heightened sense of self-worth and peace of mind. Yoga Alliance has agreed to count this as continuing education credit for their program.

The course is a combination of home study and live intensive. 2 months before the intensive, the online course will open for home study of 25 hours completed prior to the course at the individual’s own pace. At the conclusion of the 25-hour home study, participants will meet ONLINE for a four-day (25 hour) intensive course via Zoom streaming live from the Samata Yoga Center. Participants who complete the POLY class will receive a certificate of completion from Samata International. Upon completion of YAF/POLY Levels I & II, those who want to use the POLY name to teach Yoga and be listed as a certified POLY teacher can register for the Samata Credentials program. To use the POLY name to teach, you must have an RYT-200 Teaching Credential. For more information about credentials, visit our website.