65. Teaching Yoga to Seniors and Wellbeing (Georgia Morissette)

It is never too late to learn a new skill, however learning at different stages in life may require different strategies. Yoga is recognized for having incredible health benefits throughout life. But learning yoga for the first time at the age of 50, 60, 70 or 80 requires some different strategies. 

Georgia Morissette teaches yoga to seniors in Ottawa, Canada. Georgia is herself in her 70s, and she started to learn yoga after the age of 50, when chronic back pain was impacting the quality of her life. Having spent her career as a high school teacher, Georgia understands how people learn, and the need to modify her strategy to different students, something she brings to her yoga teaching. Having experienced first-hand the life altering impact of regular yoga practice, she began to teach senior citizens, most of whom have never practiced yoga, and may not have even been very active throughout their life. I’m very happy to have her as a guest on the podcast to discuss the skills and strategies needed to teach, as well as learn, yoga at any age, as well as her any wonderful tips for wellbeing throughout life. 

The following recording is a poem written and recited by Georgia Morissette. In this poem she tells the story of why she didn't start to practice yoga till later in life.

Georgia Morissette – Yoga Meditation Videos