Why Practise Chair Yoga
Chair yoga is for everyone who wants to give it a go!
Chair yoga can provide all the benefits of a regular mat-based yoga class without practising extreme and unsustainable versions of postures. Just like my mat based/standing slow mindful yoga classes, my chair yoga classes focus on sustainable versions of postures and exploring ways in which we can continue to move safely.
This is not fitness based chair yoga, though you will (of course) experience gentle stretching. Rather the combination of the breath and the movement together provide a sense of wellbeing in the nervous system. Working with the breath in this way helps regulate the nervous system and meditative practices can help further enhance and catalyse this effect.
Slow, mindful chair yoga focuses on supporting health conditions such as chronic pain, arthritis and lower back pain.
Chair yoga can assist senior adults (but of course some prefer mat-based classes). The key factor that might help you decide whether mat-based or chair-based yoga is for you is whether you are happy moving up and down from a yoga mat but you could also consider your existing range of movement and overall mobility.
Chair yoga can also help those with low energy and fatigue, wheelchair users and in an office situation where participants may need to practise wearing their regular street clothing.
Chair yoga is for everyone who wants to give it a go!
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Chair yoga is for everyone who needs or wants a gentle, sustainable way to access the benefits of yoga to calm the nervous system.
Slow mindful chair yoga can be beneficial to those with:
Stress
Long Covid
Thyroid problems
Burnout
Depression
Sleep issues and insomnia
Depression
Those who have previously attended a stronger yoga class
The simple movements provided can be beneficial to the nervous system and breath regulation.
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Chair yoga can also help those with low energy and fatigue, wheelchair users or in an office situation where participants may need to practise wearing their regular street clothing.
Chair yoga can help those with low energy and fatigue by exploring how a carefully selected small movement can be built upon gradually leading to an increase in energy and reduced fatigue after a session of chair yoga with greater benefits accruing over time with a sustained practice.
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Slow, mindful chair yoga focuses on supporting health conditions such as chronic pain, arthritis and lower back pain.
Slow, mindful chair yoga can support many health conditions including chronic pain, arthritis and lower back pain through small, mindful movements which are carefully and mindfully practised with modifications and resting phases where necessary.
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