Adapted Yoga Training, Sivananda Yoga Camp

This program teaches how to make hatha yoga accessible for people needing a more gentle approach, modifications, or adaptations, due to health issues, ageing, 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

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 – 6:00pm : 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.