Hi – Chris Ridout here.  I’m 69 and live in beautiful Sicamous, BC.

        I’m a certified Yoga instructor. My training was in Rishikesh, India – the Yoga capital of the world and where the Beatles studied meditation. I trained under Sadhvi Abha Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan.

  I’ve been teaching Yoga for over 20 years, although practising it off and on for over 35 years.

       As a Baby Boomer myself, I noticed that something was missing in my part of the world: a class dedicated to those of us in the ‘prime of life’.  A class that took into account age, health conditions, previous injuries and a different energy level from the young hardbodies!  So I created Wiser Yoga based on this. (My personal list of physical concerns has included osteo artritis in the lower back, knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist and foot issues).

      I presently teach Wiser Yoga on Zoom and there is also a ‘live’ class in Sicamous on Friday mornings. So there are 2 classes – Zoom on Monday mornings and the live class on Friday mornings.  See the schedule in the ‘About the Lessons/Schedule’ section. And you don’t have to be baby boomer-aged to join. All welcome. Really!

    I also teach Seniors Yoga Singalong classes and until recently taught Kids Yoga to kids aged 1 to 5; often teaching from ages 1 to 100 on the same day. Talk about perspective!

For the record, I am security-cleared and have an (expired) SJA certificate.