Welcome to our New and Innovative Chair Yoga Course!

We’re so excited to have you join this unique and transformative journey, designed to bring the benefits of yoga into the everyday life of your target audience, regardless of their mobility or flexibility levels. Whether you’re new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner, this course will guide you through sun salutations, yoga postures, yoga flows and more, in a mindful manner that we hope will allow your older clients to appreciate their stage of life. You would expect the chair to be a place of comfort but be aware that it can often consolidate postures and moves firing specific muscle groups that can be missed in global movement pathways recruited in the standing position.

What Makes This Chair Yoga Course Different?

In this course, we’ve reimagined traditional yoga poses and sequences to suit your needs, making yoga inclusive, safe, and highly effective for all body types, ages, and abilities. We combine innovative methods with the power of mindfulness and movement to bring you a holistic practice. Here’s what you can expect:

1. Accessible Movements for All: We focus on functional movements that improve flexibility, strength, and balance.
2. Mind-Body Connection: Yoga is about more than just the physical postures. We’ll guide you through breathing techniques and mindful practices that help reduce stress, improve mental clarity, and enhance overall well-being. We prioritise why we do things with empathetic explanations that will empower the older generation.
3. Customisable for Your Needs: This course is designed with adaptability in mind. You’ll find ways to adjust the intensity, speed, and duration to match comfort levels and fitness goals. This course empowers you to listen to your group and navigate mutually progressive teaching techniques.
4. Daily Life Integration: Yoga doesn’t end when your session does! Our simple chair yoga exercises are designed to become part of every day life. Small changes can have huge impacts on health and productivity.
5. Gentle Progression: The course builds progressively from basic movements to more advanced stretches and poses, with plenty of opportunities for modification. You’ll never feel overwhelmed, but instead empowered to teach at your own pace.

What You’ll Learn:

• Chair-based Sun Salutations to gently warm up the body
• Warm Ups learning how to energise the body.
• Core Engagement Techniques to build strength and stability
• Gentle Spinal Twists for improving mobility and digestion
• Breathing Practices to activate your parasympathetic nervous system and lower stress
• Mindfulness practices to help calm the mind and focus energy

Course Format:

The course is divided into easy-to-follow modules, each focusing on different areas of the body and different aspects of your well-being. You’ll get access to:

• Video Tutorials with step-by-step instructions
• Printable Manual for quick reference
• Audio Tracks for guided meditations and breathing exercises

Getting Started:

Before you begin, find a comfortable, sturdy chair—preferably one with a straight back and no arms. It is important that feet can completely connect with the floor for grounding and support.

Download your course manual here – this content accompanies the video, audio and text in the following lessons.

Assessment Please complete this brief test when you have completed your course and return to Martin – msj30@msn.com for marking.

We’re thrilled to provide you with this new practice, and we know that you’ll experience a new dimension in your teaching as you explore chair yoga. Ready to get started? Let’s begin your first session and enjoy the journey ahead!

Feel free to reach out with any questions along the way.