How to target the 6 common imbalances Chair Based Yoga students face. Students that are usually attracted to chair based yoga classes are affected by illness and injury that makes getting to the floor harder. Getting to the floor though is not the only limitation they face. Some of the additional common imbalances are exploredContinue reading “6 COMMON IMBALANCES IN CHAIR BASED YOGA”
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The New Normal
Teaching Chair Yoga Online I do remember the day the lockdown had come in. I was distressed about the amount of people I had seen walking across the park situated at the front of my house. It was like the busiest, sunniest bank holiday and I was distressed because I had also come to theContinue reading “The New Normal”
The Role of Adaptation in Chair Based yoga
I have been teaching chair yoga for 3 years now and it has been an amazing learning journey. I always thought, because of where I started with my yoga practice, that I would be heading in the vinyasa-ashtanga direction. In complete contrast now, I am making yoga accessible to the elderly and less abled. MyContinue reading “The Role of Adaptation in Chair Based yoga”
WEATHERING THE STORM
Yoga together while staying apart COVID-19 has shaken my and all of our lives to our core, unemployment and homeschooling became part of the current reality. It’s tough.Scared and anxious at the start; for my health, and my income, I slowly got my head around a new routine and things started to flow again; aContinue reading “WEATHERING THE STORM”
PRACTICE YOGA AT HOME
KIDS EDITION Covid19 has recently meant that many families are currently home-schooling.This has been challenging at the least, tiring mostly in its entity and finally frustrating for both parents and children. However amazing the children have been though, all of them and us, parents & teachers, realised how much harder it is. Very soon intoContinue reading “PRACTICE YOGA AT HOME”
Practice Yoga at home
Tips to help you enjoy your online yoga practices As the world is increasingly closing their doors and staying at home to protect their own and others’ health the online world is opening their doors to a range of services: social groups, meditation groups, group exercise and of course yoga.I have always been a bigContinue reading “Practice Yoga at home”
Online Chair Based Yoga
5 reasons why you should be teaching chair yoga already This is a very strange time for all of us all, all over the globe. The very vast and fast spread of COVID19 is affecting all of us in our homes and communities. What is coming through, as an underlying theme, is how dependant weContinue reading “Online Chair Based Yoga”
Adaptation in Chair Based Yoga
Chair based yoga is already an adapted form of practice, either sitting on a chair or standing by the chair or using it as a prop to support your yoga practice. During my time teaching chair based yoga I have discovered that although this is already an adapted yoga practice, even more adaptation is requiredContinue reading “Adaptation in Chair Based Yoga”
The W’s of Chair Based Yoga
The media these days create an impression that yoga is only for the young and flexible, an image that does not reflect the benefits of yoga, which are for everyone.If you can breath, you can do yoga is one saying and indeed there is a large range of modified practices that are suitable for everyone,Continue reading “The W’s of Chair Based Yoga”
YOGA FOR OSTEOPOROSIS
THE DO’S AND DON’TS Life expectancy in the UK is around 79yo for men and 83yo for women. The Uk’s population is aging and by 2050 1 in 4 people in the UK will be over 65yo. People are definitely living longer.We all want to live happy healthy lives, but getting older comes with itsContinue reading “YOGA FOR OSTEOPOROSIS”