Chair Yoga 4 Week Series
21 Bath Street, Parnell, Auckland
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4 Week Series Commencing First Saturday of Every Month
"People are more important than poses. It is better to adapt a pose to a person than a person to a pose." ~ Jivana Heyman, founder of Accessible Yoga
Chair Yoga focuses on looking after joint mobility, improving balance, strength and confidence in movement. It can be practiced by anyone who wants to enjoy the benefits of yoga and may (or may not) have mobility limitations.
Chair Yoga not only has the benefits of regular yoga, such as helping with stress, pain, and fatigue — but it can also help with joint lubrication, balance, and even age-specific issues like menopause and arthritis.
There are two main components of a yoga practice: the physical poses (asana) and the subtler practices of relaxation, breathing (pranayama), and meditation (yoga nidra). Every session will be done completely in the chair, with the elements of practice being:
Centering
Movement (warm-ups and asanas)
Relaxation, breathing, meditation
Who is Chair Yoga for:
Senior citizens
Overweight / Obese
Injured / Mobility limitations
Recovering from surgery
Office workers
Neurological diseases
Those wanting a more therapeutic approach to yoga
In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Patanjali defines yoga practice as "effort toward steadiness of the mind". This is an important concept to remember because it's so easy to get caught up in the idea that yoga is about making complicated shapes with your body. Practicing yoga in a chair can offer many of the same benefits as practicing in the traditional way. Many people need variations so they can practice in a safe and gentle way.
In many ways, yoga is about changing your perspective, and shifting your relationship with your body as well as your mind. The connection between body and mind is clear, and you can take advantage of this relationship in your practice by working in both directions. You can work on the mind to affect the body, and you can work on the body to affect the mind.
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