2 Part Premium Workshop
Teaching Safe & Accessible
Chair Yoga

"Insightful and well organized. 5 out of 5 stars"   Gayle D, (BC)

"Who knew chair yoga was so versatile?"  MaryAnn B, (AB)
"Fantastic course. Safety safety safety!!! I feel confident to teach chair yoga now."  Sharie A, (ON)

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These workshops highlight the value and benefit of creating an
inclusive, approachable chair yoga experience.
Each also includes options & opportunities to
safely broaden scope of practice for varying levels of participation.

Open to all yoga teachers - prerequisites apply. Registration is open.

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Part 1: Sat & Sun, June 24 & 25, 2023     9 am - 1 pm

Part 2: Sat & Sun, July 15 & 16, 2023     9 am - 1 pm
(Watch for our announcement about October 2023 workshop)

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Fully interactive Zoom workshop with practice opportunities

Offered by Chair Yoga Specialist, Stacey

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Teaching chair yoga successfully is about more than just learning some the poses and creating a class. It's also about understanding its nuances and subtleties to ensure a truly safe, always stable, completely accessible practice. It's about recognizing the physical and sometimes emotional needs of the participants. It's about creating a positive experience and space that offers the greatest opportunity for success. These fast paced workshops focus on safely adapting familiar hatha yoga poses up from the mat into seated postures or a supported practice.  A personal investment of additional self-study time is recommended to fully absorb and then offer this style to your students. 

 

PART 1 - Learn about the special populations that may attend, and how to ensure a safe, inclusive experience, suitable for a wide range of individuals. Discover the benefits and risks of transitioning familiar mat poses such as a seated Mountain, Warrior II, Forward Fold and others onto a chair. Compose and then practice teaching sequences readying yourself for presenting a well planned, seated chair yoga program to your students.

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$200    8 CECs

Prerequisite:
Yoga Fitness Instructor module or equivalent yoga teacher training/experience.
Includes our printable training manual (.pdf).

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PART 2 - With a strong seated yoga practice, the opportunity now exists to take inspiration from a wider range of poses. Discover how a second chair provides support for Thread the Needle and Sphinx, plus how it brings the floor up for Head to Knee and Boat. Standing now becomes an option for a modified Warrior III or a safely adapted Eagle. Learn to create and teach an enhanced chair yoga class, based on safety, stability, and accessibility.

 

$200    8 CEC's

Prerequisite:
Teaching Safe & Accessible Chair Yoga, Part 1
Includes our printable training manual (.pdf).

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GYS reserves the right to cancel without minimum registration. Full refund or program transfer options offered.
See GYS policies for details.  

Receipt can be used for business expense only.

Fee includes GST. Payment methods: e-transfer. Credit card add 4% processing or cheque (please email for details)

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