Discover how Yoga asana (posture) can help to build and maintain strong bones.

A 10-year study by Dr. Loren Fishman demonstrated an increase in bone mineral density and improved bone quality with regular practice of 12 Yoga poses. Yoga asana also improves your balance, posture, strength, range of motion, and coordination, greatly reducing the risk of fracture.

Yoga for Strong Bones Part 1, a 2-day online workshop, will offer complete instruction in the 12 Yoga poses for osteoporosis that were taught in the first Yoga vs. osteoporosis study. The foundation poses are taught at 3 levels with guidance for adapting each pose to your level. Instructions include how to progress safely in the practice at home. There will be guided relaxation practices included in every class to reduce stress and allow the benefits of the poses to be fully assimilated.

Continued support after the program

To help maintain a regular home practice you will have access to the following online classes:

• Complete 60-minute daily Hatha Yoga practice which includes the 12 osteo poses
• Short 20-minute practice of the 12 osteo poses
• Guided deep relaxation with pranayama (breathing practices)
• Full-color photo handouts of the 3 levels of each pose: to download

You will also have access to the instructor, Satya Greenstone, for personal guidance and support.

The Part 1 workshop provides practical tools and inspiration to give you the skills and confidence to continue a safe, effective Yoga practice for health and strength. This workshop may be taken alone or in combination with Part 2.

Yoga for Strong, Healthy Bones Part 2 is a series of 4 weekly online classes focusing on variety and challenge.

Click here to register for Yoga for Strong Bones Part 2 – Online, May 20–21, 2023.
Receive a 15% ($45) tuition discount when registering for both Part 1 and Part 2. A discount code will be sent in your confirmation for Part 1 and it can be applied to Part 2 registration.

Part 1 Live sessions on Saturday from 9 am–12 pm and 2–4 pm, and Sunday from 9–11 am ET.

You will have access to the video recordings and Practice Videos for 8 weeks, until June 18, 2023.

In addition, you will have access to recorded Integral Hatha Yoga classes, meditations, and inspiring talks with Swami Satchidananda. You will also have access to an online social community to connect and communicate with other participants about this course.

Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities

• Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 7 contact hours.
  You can input your contact hours using your YA login information.
• Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate with your program’s total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members.) For more information, email ce@iyta.org.

Testimonials

Satya’s style is clear, knowledgeable, affectionate, and kind. She willingly takes questions and explains clearly. I’m happy that I was able to take this course! Big thanks to Satya! And also a huge thank you to the Ashram for offering it. — Anna Eidsvik

This was a wonderful learning experience. Satya is generous with her knowledge and remarkable in her teaching. Her work with both experienced yoga teachers and students and the life she has devoted to her teaching inform her work in a way that I have not seen before in such depth. I love the 3 ways of doing each of the poses. For those of us dedicated to keeping yoga in our lives as long as we can, this whole weekend was an eye opener for me. Thank you so much, Excellent video options and picture and sound.

The most valuable aspects of the program were: the detailed Q&A—I now have a deeper understanding of the Integral Yoga tradition; the possibilities of working with the wall for the more complex poses; the opportunity to study with Satya and to learn more about the aspects of gentle Yoga; a new approach added to my own practice as my body ages. Ageism is a problem in our society, but it was not evident here. This class was not made too easy, and instead was sophisticated and yet accessible, interesting always, and open in approach. — Mirabai Judy Hubbell