Conscious Movement and Aging:

Tai Chi and Qigong

held at Prama Institute

The Conscious Movement and Aging Workshop is designed to teach yoga, tai chi and qigong instructors how to offer integrated and age-conscious instruction. This workshop will take place at the Prama Institute on August 26 - 29, 2010 and will cost $350 for accommodations and program. Participants can earn Yoga Alliance-approved CEUs for 25 hours.

Yoga, Tai Chi and Qigong are increasingly recognized for their positive impact on health and quality of life. With the reality of an aging population, increased incidence of chronic disease & fall-related injuries and an influx of conscious movement providers, now is the time to create a more integrated and age-conscious approach.

The presentations will look at competency based outcomes that:

*Inform older clients of the preventive and therapeutic benefits of yoga and tai chi based on evidence by students and/or teacher’s knowledge of current initiatives and organizations promoting self care in aging.
*Obtain accurate and relevant health information regarding health and lifestyle strengths and risks.
*Assess older clients standing balance, walking balance, upper and lower body strength, vision, hearing, and attentiveness.
*Plan class sequences in yoga including alternate and modified poses to help students participate fully and safely.
*Modify tai chi warm-up exercises and form movements so that students with health risks can participate fully and safely.
*Evaluate effectiveness of yoga postures at intervals through client self monitoring, journaling, and brief questionnaires (client and observer ratings).

For more info and registration, contact the Prama Institute, (828) 649-9408 or info@pramainstitute.org - or download flyer

Presenters:

• Rebecca Chaplin, MA, LS - Aging Program Specialist, Land-of-Sky Regional Council’s Area Agency on Aging
• Integrative Self Care: How Yoga and Tai Chi fit into the current academic, political, health, service and social climate of aging in the United States
• Cindy Dollar - Owner/Senior Instructor, One Center Yoga
  - Evaluating Effectiveness of Yoga Poses on the Physical Self
• Jan Gillespie- Instructor, Dancing Chi Qigong Self-Massage Techniques, Sitting and Laughing Yoga
• Sid Jordan, Ph.D. - Director/Instructor, Prama Institute - Mind/Body/Spirit benefits of meditation/prayer and yoga postures
• Carol Ann Mitchell Ed.D., GNP - Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor
  - Physical Disability, Disease, Chronic Conditions Commonly Experienced in Aging
• Lillah Schwartz - Owner/Instructor, Lighten Up Yoga
  - Adaptive Yoga for older adults and persons living with MS/ disabilities.
• Accem Scott - Tai Chi and Qi Gong Instructor
  - Functional Health History & Benefits of Meditation/Visualization
• Kristine Kaoverii Weber - Owner/Instructor, Subtle Yoga
  - Approaching Wellness – A yogic exploration of being, thinking and doing