The experience of long covid

Learn about the symptoms and experiences of people with long covid so you can have informed and supportive conversations with students. Learn how to guide them sensitively and avoid inadvertently making their symptoms worse.

Optimise your yoga classes for long covid

Make your mixed ability yoga classes a positive space where students with long covid can rest and heal. Teach transferable life skills in your classes to support long covid management.

Course curriculum

    1. 1.1 Who this course is for

    2. 1.2 What you will learn

    3. 1.3 How to use this course

    1. 2.1 What is long covid?

    2. 2.2 How yoga can help or hinder long covid sufferers

    3. 2.3 The healing power of yoga in long covid recovery

    4. 2.4 Invisible symptoms

    1. 3.1 The story of long covid

    2. 3.2 Ongoing scientific study

    3. 3.3 Moral support and the vagus nerve

    4. 3.4 Treatments and the role of yoga

    1. 4.1 Fatigue and brain fog

    2. 4.2 Yoga and post-exertional malaise (PEM)

    3. 4.3 Other symptoms

    4. 4.4 Adapting yoga practice for long covid symptoms

    1. 5.1 Lifestyle impacts of long covid

    2. 5.2 Psychological effects of living with long covid

    3. 5.3 Pacing and energy management

    4. 5.4 Yoga alongside medical treatment

    1. 6.1 Long covid and the yoga space

    2. 6.2 The importance of language and listening

    3. 6.3 Awareness and the healing journey

    4. 6.4 How to teach a long covid-friendly mixed-ability yoga class

About this course

  • £25.00
  • 39 lessons
  • CPD for yoga teachers

Instructor

Andrea Newman

BWY DCT/Certified Advanced Rolfer

Andrea Newman has taught yoga since 1994 and BWY teacher training for more than 20 years. With a background in biochemistry and advanced training in structural integration (Rolfing), she enjoys helping yoga teachers develop a practical and integrated understanding of anatomy that informs and enriches their teaching.

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