Want to expand your classes to include people with limited mobility and balance issues or who may find traditional yoga on the mat a bit challenging?
Chair yoga is a fantastic solution! This gentle form of yoga is practiced while sitting on a chair or using a chair for support during standing poses.
Because it is low-impact, chair yoga is particularly beneficial for older adults, people recovering from injuries, or those with conditions such as arthritis.
In this course, you will learn how to safely adjust standard poses to work with a chair for a full body workout, as well as additional skills of pranayama and meditation.
INTRODUCTION TO CHAIR YOGA - Including History and Benefits, Safety Considerations, Target Audience
CHAIR YOGA ASANA PRACTICE - Learn how to adapt asana - from warm-up to leg to standing poses for a full class with the chair
INTEGRATING WITH OTHER PRACTICES such as Pranayama, Meditation, Daily Routines
TEACHING METHODOLOGY - How to adapt teaching cues, create inclusive environment and design a class
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR CHAIR YOGA - Tips for safety, contraindications and cautions
PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND TEACHING PRACTICE - Assessments so you are confident in your acquired skills
This is a 30-hour professional certification program and requires the successful completion of a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Course. (If you completed a 200-hour YTT course at a different school, simply send us your certificate after enrolling.)
Upon satisfactory completion of the material, you are eligible for certification as a Chair Yoga Teacher and can earn 30 CEUs hours of continuing education credits for The Kaivalya Yoga Method® and Yoga Alliance.
FAQs
This course is right for anyone who has had a curiosity to explore chair yoga and/or add this skillset to their personal practice or professional teaching! This course benefits you by giving you another opportunity to make yoga more accessible to people who may have limited mobility, balance issues, or difficulty performing traditional yoga poses on the floor.
Yes! Successful completion of this course requires that you do 100% of the coursework, submit all assignments and pass a final exam: drafting and recording a chair yoga class of your own design. Upon completing the course, you will receive a certificate.
It really is up to you! This course offers 30 hours of continuing education and you can complete it in a few weeks. There is plenty of information in this course, so you are certainly able to spend more time with the material, and also gaining support via the online campus community. Remember, once you purchase the course, you have access to the course materials forever. Don’t worry if you fall a little behind.
There is a pre-requisite of the successful completion of our 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. As for technology, this course is on an extraordinarily user-friendly platform that you gain direct access to upon registration. You’ll have a unique log-in that allows you access to the course at any time, and from any internet-ready device. The videos do stream, so a good internet connection is recommended.
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course—you decide when you start and when you finish.
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like – across any and all devices you own.
Yes! I know how hard it is to shell out a chunk of dough, and I want to make this possible for you. You have the option to pay in full or choose a payment plan via ShopPay. Both of these options are available to you upon checkout.
We want you to be happy with your investment, and we want you to give your best effort to apply all of the techniques and lessons in the program. We have a strict 7-day exchange period for all courses. To qualify for an exchange or store credit, you must submit proof that you did the work in the course and why it did not work for you. We do not offer exchanges for any other reason. If you selected a payment plan option for your purchase, we are not able to stop payments as this is through a third party (ShopPay). In the event that you discover your purchase does not work for you for a concrete reason, within 7 days of enrollment, contact support at support@alannak.com and request an exchange or store credit by the 7th day at 11:59 EST. For all the details of the exchange/store credit policy, please see the Terms of Use Policy.
MAKE YOGA MORE ACCESSIBLE
Be the one to offer a versatile and inclusive way for individuals to experience the numerous benefits of yoga, regardless of their physical limitations.