Teaching Yoga for Midlife
Midlife in America is changing. Men and women between the ages of “40 something” to “70 something” are more active and adventuresome than ever before. They represent the largest population growth segment for Yoga. This program offers an overall lifestyle approach to Yoga that includes asana that is accommodating, covering everyday biomechanics, management of common aches and pains and weight reduction with Yoga, gait training, stress reduction and sleeping tips. A balanced presentation of an online course and a four-day intensive.* For Yoga teachers and students.
Prime of Life Yoga®: Yoga After 50 is a specialty program for Yoga teachers and dedicated students focusing on Yoga for midlife and beyond. The concept is a partial home study of 25 hours combined with a 25-hour four day intensive course.* Upon completion of the 50 hours of study, participants will receive a certificate in Prime of Life Yoga.
Approved for continuing education credits with IAYT and Yoga Alliance.
Teacher Trainings – Now Online!
Upcoming Course Schedule
New Partnership, Reduced Rates and Certification from Loyola Marymount University, Samata International and the Yoga Alliance.
POLY/ YAF Level 1,2,3 and 4 are now approved by Yoga Alliance, and IAYT! The courses can be taken in any order to achieve a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Teaching Credential. Or individually for CEU’s for the Yoga Alliance and International Associations of Yoga Therapists.
POLY/YAF Levels 1-4 200 Hour Teacher Training $3200 - Starting January 2025 - October 2025
Payment plans are permitted for this program. You may register with a minimum payment of $200. Please contact Erin Rusler
at Erin.rusler@lmu.edu or (310) 258-5435 to make arrangements.
POLY/YAF Level 1 $800 - January 16-19, 2025
Payment plans are permitted for this program. You may register with a minimum payment of $200. Please contact Erin Rusler at Erin.rusler@lmu.edu or (310) 258-5435 to make arrangements.
POLY/YAF Level 2 $800 - April 17-20, 2025
Payment plans are permitted for this program. You may register with a minimum payment of $200. Please contact Erin Rusler at Erin.rusler@lmu.edu or (310) 258-5435 to make arrangements.
POLY/YAF Level 3 $800 - August 28-31, 2025
Payment plans are permitted for this program. You may register with a minimum payment of $200. Please contact Erin Rusler at Erin.rusler@lmu.edu or (310) 621-4009 to make arrangements.
POLY/YAF Level 4 $800 - October 16-19, 2025
Payment plans are permitted for this program. You may register with a minimum payment of $200. Please contact Erin Rusler at Erin.rusler@lmu.edu or (310) 621-4009 to make arrangements.
About the Courses
LEVEL I
The Prime of Life Yoga®: Yoga After 50 professional certificate program offers an overall lifestyle approach to Yoga that includes asana that is accommodating, covering everyday biomechanics, management of common aches and pains and weight reduction with Yoga, gait training, stress reduction and sleeping tips. Students will be trained in techniques for teaching yoga to older populations whose needs differ from younger yoga students. By developing routines and behaviors that cultivate positive thinking and acceptance of the aging process, these students of yoga will gain a heightened sense of self-worth and peace of mind. Yoga Alliance has agreed to count this as continuing education credit for their program.
LEVEL II
The second level of the Prime of Life Yoga®: Yoga After 50 Teacher Training addresses topics such as common problems with:
Knees and hips
The psychology of aging
Further new POLY/YAF Level 2 sequences
Advanced breathing techniques will be introduced.
The Business of Yoga
Your Questions
Review of the lower back
Create your own lower back class
Live Q & A with Dr. Anandaji from India
Intro to Chair Yoga
Relaxation Tequniques
LEVEL III
The third level of Prime of Life Yoga®: Yoga After 50 courses will include topics such as:
Chair Yoga: Sitting and Standing
Restorative Yoga
Joint Freeing Exercises (Pawanmuktasana)
Sex After 50
Death and Dying
Looking at the whole picture for the benefit of the client (Sampurna Chikitsam)
Pawangustasana - Joint freeing exercises
Yoga Routines from AARP’s “Yoga After 50 for Dummies
How to Use the Wall and Tables for Select Students
Meditation and Aging
LEVEL IV
Level Four of the Prime of Life Yoga®: Yoga After 50 Teacher Training includes topics such as:
Trauma-informed Yoga
Pranayama Techniques for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart Conditions and Stroke, Asthma and Allergies
Joint Freeing Exercises (Pawanmuktasana) Level II
Introduction to Yin Yoga
Laughter Yoga and Healing
Applied Anatomy: Neck and Shoulders
Ayurveda for Aging
Burning questions about Yoga after 50
Questions Yoga Teachers Need to Know How to Answer
Our World-Class Instructors
Larry Payne PhD, C-IAYT
Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani
Lori Rubenstein Fazzio DPT, C-IAYT
Felicia Tomasko RN, C-IAYT
Shannon Collins PT, POLY
Lisa Cavallaro PsyD, C-IAYT
Kyona Beatty C-IAYT, CACH-NAMA
Surendra Mehta MBA, C-IAYT
Lorin Roche PhD
Don Henry C-IAYT, POLY
Jana Long E-RYT 500
Steve Paredes DC, POLY
David Allen, MD
Terra Gold, LAc, Dipl OM, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500
Joseph Weiss, MD
Hala Khouri, MA,C-IAYT
Phil Goldberg, Author, Spiritual Counselor
Shelly Prosko PT, C-IAYT
Arun Deva, DASc, C-IAYT
Anjali Deva, AP
Deborah Myers, MS, CYT