Teaching Tools: Teaching Seniors

Many Yoga Tools to Choose From

A key to effectively teaching Seniors is the ability to draw from the plethora of yoga tools available beyond asana.

• See Class Elements, Techniques, Tools & Practices for a summary list of considerations.
• See this article for a wonderful look at issues facing some seniors and how yogic tools such as awareness, svadhyaya and santosha are of great support.

Chair Yoga

• Be familiar with teaching a variety of Chair Yoga sequences.
• There are vastly different ways to use chairs, including approaches that can add a lot of challenge but in a safe way. In addition, of course, chairs can assist those with limited mobility to have a safe and effective practice.
• Depending upon the sequence, students may choose to use the chair a lot or a little.
• Please begin with Chair Yoga Overview and then select the quick menu to step through Benefits & Cautions, Warm Up, Joint Movements, Standing Poses and so on.

To select a sequence template, here are some considerations:

• Seated Chair Yoga Sun Salute
• Standing Chair Yoga Sun Salute
• Sequence Finder – Choose Student Level: Beginner which will provide the best choices for safe and sound asana

Using Props & Wall

The Asana Digests include many variations using props. Examples:

• Setu Bandhasana Variations
• Virabhadrasana I Variations
• Dhanurasana Variations

Other Tools

• Safety & Adaptations
• Asana Index: search for “Stretch”
• Flows / Mini Vinyasas
• Restorative Yoga