Chair Based Yoga

This course shows you how to create, adapt and deliver a safe chair-based yoga session for older people living in care settings and community.  The sessions throughout the day are very practical, simple to understand, and easy to apply on the care floor.  The course looks at physical changes as we age, health and safety considerations including risk assessment and different exercises for different chronic conditions.

Duration: 10am to 4.30pm

By the end of the course delegates will have the knowledge to understand:

1. The physical changes that happen as we age. The affect these have on people and the role of functional exercise in alleviating some of these affects.
2. The health and safety considerations required to keep the resident, exercise leader and organisation safe
3. How to teach a selection of breathing exercises and deliver a relaxation session
4. How to run a full body stretching programme using visualisation techniques
5. How to provide yoga sessions lasting between 15 and 45 minutes.
6. How to create and adapt exercise sessions for those with:

• Dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Stroke, MS
• Heart conditions, COPD, Cancer, Arthritis
• Diabetes, Epilepsy, Hip and knee replacements
• Huntington’s disease, Mental health problems, Bed bound

Attendees

The course is designed for individuals who work or volunteer with older people in residential and nursing homes, sheltered housing and day centres.

Certification

A certificate is issued upon completion of the course.