Silver Age Yoga Community Outreach Inc

Programs: Senior centers yoga service program: the program is the core mission of silver age yoga. Under this program, yoga lessons are provided to seniors on a weekly basis by our specially trained teachers at approximately 20 locations in california. Participants include low income seniors, physically limited and handicapped individuals, including visually impaired students at the san diego braille institute, the san diego center for the blind, and the vista center for the blind. Improvements in both physical and mental health have been reported by seniors as a result of participating in the program, especially in improved mobility, flexibility and balance. The accomplishments of this program during the year 2017 were as follows:1) number of locations where services were provided: 192) number of weekly class sessions: 1,0063) total attendance for all the classes: 20,3904) average attendance per class: 20program cost: $ 19,915

teacher training on-line program: the mission of silver age yoga is to provide free, health enhancing yoga classes to low income seniors. Achieving this mission requires a team of yoga teachers whose skills include not only traditional yoga practice, but also the knowledge and capacity to deal with senior health issues and age related diseases. Silver age yoga designed a specialized yoga teacher training course with the help of scientists and medical professionals from stein institute for research on aging (ucsd). The course incorporates basics of gerontology and gentle yoga with suitable adaptions to meet the needs of seniors with limitations and disabilities. The accomplishments of this program during 2017 were as follows:1) number of candidates who enrolled in the course: 532) number of candidates who successfully completed the course: 42program cost: $ 6,522