saturday | SEPTEMBER 27 | 1-3:30pm

YES YOU CAN
KUNDALINI YOGA FOR THE OLDER OR DIFFERENTLY ABLED BODY

Kundalini Yoga is a perfect way to keep the spine mobile, work all the body’s systems, improve balance, heighten your intuition, elevate your mood, and sharpen your mental focus. If you think you’d like to try it, but you worry that you won’t be able to keep up, then this is the workshop for you! The adaptations and resting poses suggested by your instructor will enable you to access all postures, take breaks when you need, avoid injury, and stay inside, focused, and connected. If it’s better for you to practice in a chair, either for the entire practice or just some of the exercises, they’ll be set up ready for you in our studio, or you can bring your own. All instruction will include chair adaptations.

Our Yes You Can! workshops specifically address the challenges and opportunities presented by ageing, rehabilitation, illness, and/or disability. The first offering addressed fear and anxiety and the second depression.

This third workshop will suggest some practical ways that you can maintain and heighten mental focus and memory. We’ll begin with a pranayama to balance mental energy, then move through a Kriya that works to articulate the spine. Finally, we’ll end with

Kirtan Kriya, a meditation that benefits brain health and improves cognition. Don’t just take our word for this! Kirtan Kriya has been scientifically studied and endorsed by several leading scientific organizations, including the Alzheimer’s Society (August, 2024) and Psychology Today (June, 2016).

Our instructor, Claire Robson (Jai Sopurkh Kaur) is 75 years young. She feels sad when people tell her “Oh. I can’t do yoga now, but I used to love it.” Or simply, “I can’t do yoga.” Claire says, “Yes. You can!” and her participants agree. Here’s what one had to say:

Thank you for the KY for the older body workshop - so needed in KY - there is a lot of messaging about ‘pushing through’ obstacles in KY - but maybe someone who can only do half the time of an exercise, is already pushing through for them. I thought your adaptations were great, and your permission to let us go at our own pace, rest when we needed to were excellent and given in a very respectful way. Join Claire for this workshop and see for yourself. PP

Cost:

In studio:    $35 paid by Sept 24
                   $40 after Sept 24

Streaming:  $20 paid by Sept 24
                    $25 after Sept 24

Teacher’s Bio:

CLAIRE ROBSON has practiced Kundalini yoga for fifteen years and is a KRI certified instructor. At 75 years old, she attributes her continued good health, resilience, strength and energy to her daily Kundalini practice. Claire has been a teacher for over 50 years in varied capacities. Born in the UK, she taught high school for two decades, ending up as an assistant headteacher in a large high school. After moving to the US in 1989, she published her first book and began teaching creative writing in community centres and universities. After her relocation to Vancouver, she worked with older adults in various community arts projects and completed her doctorate at UBC. Her passion is to open the transformational technology of Kundalini to all, regardless of age, previous experience, or physical ability.