Ep 124: Teaching Yoga to Aging Students

About this episode

This episode discusses how yoga teachers can effectively serve older students with unique needs and considerations.

Many yoga teachers can feel uncertain about how to serve older students effectively. Students in their sixties, seventies, and eighties have different considerations than younger students (i.e. reduced range of motion, changing balance, concerns about bone density, addressing multiple chronic conditions, and slower recovery times). But aging is not decline, and older adults aren't necessarily fragile. They're people who are capable of growth, adaptation, and would benefit immensely from a mea...

People in this episode

Host: Monica Bright

Topics covered

• yoga
• aging
• health
• fitness
• teaching
• adaptation

Keywords

• yoga for seniors
• older adults
• balance
• bone density
• chronic conditions
• recovery times

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