SAVY Chair Yoga Teacher Training

Yoga with a Chair? What? Yes, yoga using a chair!

For older adults and people of any age with varying degrees of physical limitations, or office-goers, or students, using a chair instead of the traditional mat makes yoga’s amazing overall potential accessible as well as safe.

Older Adults and seniors represent the fastest growing sector of our population and they are increasingly drawn to yoga. This phenomenon is creating an increasing demand for well-trained yoga teachers. It is essential that yoga teachers learn how to best serve older students and students with limited mobility and/or other concerns. Chair yoga is a great option for older adults/ seniors. Learn this accessible path to fitness through SAVY’s blend of breathing techniques, modified Yoga postures, and other Yoga/ holistic practices. With your certification, you will gain the necessary skills to guide your students to improved health and well-being.

Why Chair Yoga?

Do you have students, patients, or clients that would benefit from doing Yoga but:

cannot get down on the floor because of age, handicap, or inflexibility, or
want to practice their Yoga where getting on the floor is impractical (at work, traveling, etc.)

These categories can also now reap the exceptional benefits which yoga brings to the body, mind, and spirit. Now, you can open this wondrous world to all of them! With this new dimension to your teaching and/or care-giving, this teacher certification will provide you with a firm foundation for teaching Chair Yoga. Along with the normal meditation, breathing, and relaxation techniques, you will learn how to adapt the classical Yoga asanas to the chair (vs. the floor). The goal of Chair Yoga is to meet students where they are at present, identify their problems and help them modify poses. Dr Sahdev’s Principles of Yoga Practice for Yoga Teachers and Therapists are especially more relevant from Yoga point of view.

This 100 Hours SAVY Chair Yoga Teacher Training course is an advanced Specialty Yoga Teacher Training course registered with Worldwide Yoga Alliance, Canada, and is taught under a Primary E-RYT 500/ E-RTY 500. This can be taken up as an Elective for SAVY 500 (RYT 500 or RTY 500) course in-Studio. Credits of this course would be counted towards RYT 500 or RTY 500 course only if taken in-Studio.

Suitable For

SAVY Chair Yoga Teacher Training is for Yoga Teachers with 200 hour certification who want to specialize in Chair Yoga.
Yoga Teachers working towards their RYT 500 or RTY 500 certificate can choose this course as an elective.
Anyone seeking to experience the benefits of Chair Yoga as well as health professionals, body workers, physical therapists and exercise instructors who work with older adults and persons with other issues and/ or concerns. Also, chair yoga can be taught in corporate/ office settings.

Strengths of the Program.

Dr Sahdev has developed Principles for Yoga Teachers and Therapists guiding Yoga practice. The biggest asset of Yoga Teacher Training programs at SAVY is that you get to train under an E-RYT 500 yoga teacher who has been actively practicing as a Physician in Modern Medicine in India for last almost three decades, along with working on and teaching Yoga, Yoga Therapy and Alternative Medicine. You get to imbibe and assimilate all that knowledge and understanding during your training! You get to understand very clearly the very basic concepts of Chair Yoga, laying a solid foundation for deeper understanding of the subject. You get to know about the eight limbs, as well as you are set on a path to know in depth about yoga postures, pranayama, meditation, mantra, marma, yogic kriyas, shatkarma and a lot more. Successful graduates will be well-trained to apply this knowledge in their practice. This training is appropriate for aspiring teachers as well as dedicated students who are interested in deepening their practice and understanding of Yoga.

What You’ll Learn

Rationale, myths, populations, guidelines of teaching Chair Yoga
Applying pranayama, meditation and yoga philosophy
Health challenges and concerns
Chair Yoga poses
Chair Yoga practice
Sequencing the Chair Yoga practice
Practical teaching experience
Business of teaching Chair Yoga
And as usual, a lot more…

The salient features of Registered Yoga Teacher Training at SAVY are:

Breath, Bandhas, Drishti and Alignment based traditional ashtanga Yoga
Yoga Alliance Registered SAVY 200 (RYT 200), SAVY 500 (RYT 500) courses
Comprehensive, authentic, world class, one of the best training in all aspects of Yoga
Authentic Traditional Ashtanaga and Vinyasa Yoga training based on authentic Yoga with its deep roots in India
Asanas, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dhyana, Kriyas. Chakras, Kundalini Awakening, Shatkarma, Marma, Mantra etc
Clear, concise, to-the-point subject matter and instruction
One of the most qualified, experienced faculty in the world
Registered– become a Registered Yoga Teacher
Preference for Dr Sahdev’s ‘Breathe and Heal’ Breathing Educator Program
Train up to the highest level – RYS 200, RYS 300 Yoga School
Go in for Speciality Yoga Teacher Training Programs
Delve deep into the field of Yoga – Keep learning and sharing knowledge
Know SAVY Yoga and be conversant with all styles of Yoga
Affordable, easy payment schedule/ options available

Formats.

This course is provided as online or in-Studio formats directly under Primary E-RYT 500/ E-RTY 500.

Credits

The following description is applicable to Yoga professionals registered with Yoga Alliance, USA, or Worldwide Yoga Alliance, Canada, and is provided as advisory:

RYT 500 or RTY 500. Contact hours of the course will be counted towards RYT 500 or RTY 500 course if completed in-Studio under Primary E-RYT 500/ E-RTY 500. Certification Test is mandatory for this purpose.
Contact Hours. Contact Hours for Continuing Education can be claimed for this course if taken in-Studio under Primary E-RYT 500/ E-RTY 500.
Non-Contact Hours. Full duration for Continuing Education can be claimed for this course as non-Contact Hours if taken in-Studio under Primary E-RYT 500/ E-RTY 500 or online.

Though every care is taken to keep the information current, please do check and confirm for the latest updates at the time of registration for the course. Professional from other streams of professions who choose to take up the course should check with their respective regulatory/ monitoring bodies. Responsibility of SAVY International Inc. and its Directors, officials and other staff is only up to delivery of the course. No responsibility regarding credit of continuing education hours or acceptance for any other reason by other organizations/ institutes/ associations will be accepted/ entertained by SAVY International Inc. or any of its Directors, officials, teachers etc.

Schedule of Upcoming Courses of SAVY Chair Yoga Teacher Training

The next 2-week Contact Hours Programs will start on:

December 2, 2019
January 20, 2020
July 6, 2020

More dates may be announced soon.

Note: *Dates and times subject to confirmation. Any change in schedule is at the sole discretion of SAVY International Inc.

Pre-requisites for SAVY Chair Yoga Teacher Training (SCYTT)

Interested participants are invited to register for the program. Please register one month before the start date of the respective courses.

Eligibility:

Students applying for SCYTT course must provide an RYT 200 certificate from an RYS 200 school registered with Yoga Alliance. Professionals from other streams may submit their respective qualifications.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate a general level of health and fitness. If you do not fulfill these conditions, your case will be individually assessed.
The Program Director will review the application to determine the preparedness of the applicant to participate in the program. Final selection will be subject to interview with the Program Director.

Course Cost for SAVY Chair Yoga Teacher Training (SCYTT)

Application Fee will be applicable. Tuition fee is to be deposited at least 30 days before the course starts.

Your Tuition Fee includes the following:

100 Hour Worldwide Yoga Alliance, Canada approved Registered Teacher of Yoga – Chair Yoga (RTY-CY) Teacher Training Program
Daily Yoga Asana, Breathing and Meditation Practices
Training handouts, assignments and projects
Mentorship throughout the program, and more…

Tuition Fee Payment :

Lump sum Payment (In addition to Application Fee of $295* with the Application)

$1800.00*

Payment Plan (In addition to Application Fee of $295* at the time of Application)

You can avail the option to conveniently pay the course fee with a payment plan*.

Certification Test Fee:

Certification fee of $150* is to be submitted towards the end of the course, once all dues are cleared and all assignments and projects are submitted.

Required text – books are an extra expense.

Apply NOW to book your spot!

Limited seats available.

Important links:

SAVY Chair Yoga Teacher Training Curriculum

Yoga Teacher Training Application

To check the details of SAVY Yoga Mentorship Program (SYMP), please click here.

To know how to become a DSBH Breathing Educator, please click here.

Namastey!