Yoga Teacher Training at Kindred
Yoga Wise - Yoga for Healthy Ageing Teacher Training
With Noeleen Tyyrell
Yoga Wise - Yoga for Healthy Ageing Training
with Noeleen Tyrrell
Sat 26th September - Sun 27th September 2026
At Kindred Studios, Strandhill, Sligo.
Learn how to adapt and teach yoga practices that support graceful & powerful aging. Practices that improve the quality of life and build mental and physical strength for older and and not so old adults.
As our population (US!) are living longer, we can choose to be proactive about living stronger. This course will teach you how to help students do just that. Using the practices of yoga to specifically address physical and mental health issues associated with aging you can offer your students simple practices that can easily be incorportated into daily life to create positive change and both physical and mental longevity. To sum it up, this course focuses on creating safe, challenging, effective, empowering and transformative yoga sessions for all stages of life.
Module 1: Introduction
This opening module sets the foundation for understanding and teaching yoga to those over 50 and to more senior students. Through guided contemplations and discussions, participants will explore their perceptions and attitudes about aging, as well as the unique opportunities and challenges of working with this demographic.
Module 2: Adapting Teaching Techniques for Seniors
Teaching yoga to senior students requires thoughtful adaptation while staying true to the principles of the Anusara methodology. This module explores how to modify and adjust teaching techniques to meet the needs of this diverse and inspiring student group. This module helps you refine your teaching skills to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for all senior students.
Module 3: Teaching Asana to Seniors
This module focuses on practical, hands-on strategies for teaching asana to senior students. Through activities, demonstrations, and collaborative learning, you’ll gain confidence in designing and delivering yoga classes tailored to seniors’ unique needs.
What You’ll Do: Class Design and Practice Teaching:
– Create a class plan with a theme and sequence tailored to seniors.
– Pair up to practice introducing the class and teaching poses using props such as chairs or walls. Student-Specific Modifications:
– Work with assigned “student profiles” (e.g., osteoporosis, hip replacement, glaucoma).
– Demonstrate modifications and suggest alternatives for poses that are unsuitable for specific conditions.
-Hands-On Techniques: – Learn and practice appropriate assists for senior students.
– Develop effective demonstration techniques for clarity and accessibility.
Chair Yoga Focus: – Discuss and practice techniques for teaching chair yoga, making yoga accessible to students with limited mobility.
Wall & Props Focus: – Discuss and practice techniques for teaching using the wall and a range of props to empower students in asana
This module ensures you’re equipped to teach older students with confidence, compassion, and skillful alignment.
Module 4: Anatomy & Physiology
Understanding the anatomical and physiological changes that come with aging is essential for teaching yoga to senior students safely and effectively. This module dives into common and less common conditions that senior students may experience, providing a foundation for thoughtful and informed teaching.
What You’ll Cover:
– Key anatomical and physiological changes associated with aging.
– Common conditions among senior students (e.g., osteoporosis, arthritis, joint replacements).
– Less common conditions that may require special consideration or adaptations in class.
Module 5: The Business of Yoga and Teaching Seniors
This final module focuses on the practical aspects of organizing and promoting yoga classes tailored to senior students. By understanding the unique dynamics of this demographic, you’ll learn how to create meaningful offerings that resonate with seniors and grow your yoga business
Why This Matters: Teaching yoga to seniors is not only a fulfilling endeavor but also an opportunity to expand your reach as a yoga teacher. This module provides the tools you need to design and sustain a successful program for senior students.
Price: €300
Earlybird: €280 (ends 1st July 2026)
Payment plans available at checkout
100% attendance is required for certificate to be awarded.
This course is accredited with Yoga Alliance, Yoga Alliance Professionals and Anusara School of Hatha Yoga, and is applicable as a 12 hours cpd for those registered with any of the three above.
When: 26th & 27th September, 2026
Time: 9.30am - 5.30pm daily
Location: Kindred Studios, Strandhill. Sligo
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Noeleen Tyrrell
ECAT, C-IAYT, YACEP, SYT
Noeleen is the founder of Ard Nahoo Yoga School and is based in Ireland. Known as ‘the teachers teacher’ ,she is passionate about creating and supporting the growth of yoga education in all her students. She is an Experienced Anusara Yoga Teacher, trainer, coach and therapist. (Certified Yoga Therapist with IAYT)
Noeleen has been working with people in the field of yoga and natural health for over 30 years. Sharing the teachings and practices to empower spiritual growth and the realisation of human potential is her passion.
Since 1992 she has trained extensively in the US, UK, Europe and Ireland. She is a Certified Massage Therapist (State of California) and Registered Cranio Sacral Therapist (RCST London). Noeleen ran a clinic for 20 years as a cranio sacral therapist, massage therapist and reflexologist. Her many years of study and clinical practice along with an natural empathy inform her yoga teaching, therapy and coaching sessions.
Her teaching is very intuitive and each student is invited to bring their practice to a place where they can witness the life changing transformation and health benefits that the practice offers. She has been training wonderful yoga teachers for many years. As a coach the same reflective and instinctive understanding helps others to find their own path and access their own wisdom. She integrates both the yoga teachings and coaching as appropriate.
While Noeleen first experienced yoga as a teenager in her home town of Rush in Co. Dublin, it was later in her twenties in San Francisco that she fell deeply in love with the life-affirming practice. Life in San Francisco was pretty wild and yoga had a grounding effect that brought with it focus and clarity. Later she was to use yoga to heal back problems and to help her through two home births and the stresses of running a busy clinic, studio and eco tourism business.
For 10 years, Iyengar Yoga was the main inspiration and practice. Then followed many teacher trainings with many wonderful teachers in various styles of yoga. By chance in 2010 she discovered the biggest yoga gift of all, Anusara Yoga, which was to transform her practice, her teaching and her life. Since then she has undertaken extensive training with the Anusara School of Hatha Yoga and was the first certified Anusara Yoga Teacher in Ireland. She is hugely grateful to all her teachers past and present, and is an eternal student.
Anusara yoga is a powerful method of hatha yoga which integrates biomechanical principles of alignment with the celebration of the heart and spirit. Anusara yoga offers a dynamic synthesis of asana technique, yoga philosophy and the celebration of life, the Universe and everything! Noeleen has a deep interest in philosophy and in particular the study of Tantric Yoga.
In 2001 she founded the highly acclaimed and award winning Ard Nahoo Eco Retreat in County Leitrim. Voted as ‘one of the top ten retreats worldwide’ by the Guardian and featured in the National Geographic Staylist, Ard Nahoo it was at the forefront of Yoga, Natural Health and Eco Tourism in Ireland. In 2022 she took the brave step of moving on and leaving the eco retreat behind. Noeleen and Ard Nahoo Yoga School are now very happily on the road with retreats, workshops and trainings in Ireland and abroad.
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