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Chair Yoga

• What is Chair Yoga


Chair Yoga is a gentle form of Yoga. With so many types of Yoga available, here is one that most of us can practice. Inversions and complicated maneuvers are not necessary in a Chair Yoga class.


• Benefits of Chair Yoga Part 1


In comparison to many forms of exercise, the benefits of Chair Yoga far outweigh the risks. The therapeutic exercises work the body, from head to toes, to the best of any client’s ability.


• Benefits of Chair Yoga Part 2


We have all heard the saying, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Those words are extremely profound, when thinking about correcting poor posture and alignment. It takes years to create poor alignment.


• Benefits of Chair Yoga Part 3


Flexibility is considered to be a “by product” of Yoga practice, but in the case of Chair Yoga, it is often “down played” or taken for granted. Since most Chair Yoga enthusiasts are seniors, the true value of flexibility is mobility.


• Benefits of Chair Yoga Part 4


Chair Yoga can easily work in harmony with most physical rehabilitation prescriptions. Many physical therapists have knowledge of Yoga or are teachers of Yoga. Many doctors, physical therapists, and medical professionals recommend Yoga to patients who are making a “come back.”

• South Brookline Senior Social to feature gentle chair yoga in March
  
  The March 9 through 30 Friday morning South Brookline Senior Social at Putterham Library has a special offering — in addition to its usual complimentary coffee and kosher pastries, there will be free “Gentle Chair Yoga” sponsored by the Brookline Public Health Department.
  


• Yoga studio opens Downtown
  
  RACINE — YogaRootsRacine has opened across from Monument Square at 201 Sixth St., Suite 202. Classes offered include gentle/chair yoga, pre- and postnatal, restorative and vinyasa. 
  


• Conference brings yoga close to home
  
  LYNNWOOD — Those who practice and teach yoga can talk endlessly about the physical and mental health benefits it offers, such as melting stress and stretching stiff muscles.
  


• University Women of West Essex to hold yoga program next Thursday, Jan. 26
  
  WEST CALDWELL TWP. –Barbara Werry will present a program titled “De-stressing with Chair Yoga and Basic Meditation,” at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 26 as the guest speaker at the University Women of West
  


• Toilet yoga anyone?
  
  We wouldn't sit on a plane for nine hours without being advised to get up, move around and have a stretch. But many people sit shackled to their desks, nine hours a day, five days a week. No one tells them to get up and stretch it out.