Chair Yoga Exercises

I have learned how to deal with anxiety and stress in a more positive fashion.

My job is very high stress and practicing yoga has helped me stay focused on the client I am with at the moment. I also feel I am more centered and less reactive in both my professional and personal life. Even if you don't think you can do this or that you're going to like it, you need to try because you're going to love it! You can do this. It doesn't matter where you are physically or mentally, you will be in a better place after you practice. It is so easy to incorporate the lessons into your daily life. It doesn't take long and it makes your day go so much better. Author Mark Franklin enjoys telling people about Liz Franklin's Yoga In Chairs) because he knows it is helping people live healthier, happier, and longer lives. If you want to find out about her special style of chair yoga, visit http://www.yogainchairs.com.

Chair yoga classes offer a social activity that helps to stimulate the mind and body in a positive way. This becomes an uplifting activity that participants look forward to. Regular attendance, and socializing in chair yoga classes, is a healthy activity that leads to building strong relationships.

Chair yoga classes also exposes seniors to the many activities that are going on within the community center. Participants of chair yoga classes are exposed to whole health and gain a nutritional education as a member of a senior, community, or wellness center.

Lastly, all participants in chair yoga classes learn to relax and quiet the mind, through breath awareness, meditation, stage-by-stage relaxation, a combination, or another method. The end result being that these Yoga students can control their minds, focus on the good things in life, and prevent depression.

Chair Yoga Relief from Chronic Neck Pain

Hi! I am Sherri Evert. I am a 63-year old retired. I began practicing chair yoga some time ago. I have been practicing yoga for many years. I have issues with my back and found most other classes to be strictly a physical exercise. If I couldn't achieve the perfect pose I felt as thought I wasn't doing it right.

I noticed Yoga classes when I was seeing an acupuncturist for arthritis in my neck. I had been in constant pain for some time and was willing to try almost anything to get relief. While acupuncture offered relief, it was only temporary. When I was leaving the acupuncture office one day I noticed a group of smiling women leaving their yoga class. I thought I would feel comfortable with this group as they were close to my age. I wanted to see if my own body could fix the neck pain with help from yoga.

Within 2 months of practicing chair yoga my neck pain was gone. I also had problems with low back pain and had tried numerous options to cure this as well. The relaxation portion of the classes and video instructions released the pain. I am much more aware of my posture now. In class Liz helps us visualize our bodies in the posture and makes us aware of the benefits. I now use the chair yoga poses I have learned in yoga class along with the videos as a personal tool box for taking care of my body. I have definitely gained strength in my arms and legs as well.

I truly appreciate the way Liz works so hard to help us achieve a mind/body/spirit connection in her chair yoga classes. The meditative experience of her chair yoga classes carries through my day. I try to attend two of her classes each week and use her videos when I can't be in class in person. I feel as though the class is meditation in motion and I also have enjoyed the sense of community that is part of her class experience. She works to help us be present in the moment. She also lets us know what the benefits of each pose are which helps us understand why we are doing the poses.

If you are thinking about joining a chair yoga class or purchasing (some) videos be assured that the hour you put in that you didn't think you had time for will give back multiple benefits including higher energy levels, a calm mind and a peaceful spirit. You will be glad you did this for yourself and the benefits will spill over into your whole circle of family and friends."

Chair Yoga enlightenment

Hi! I am Michael. I am a 40-year old graphic designer in Kansas City. I have multiple sclerosis. I began practicing chair yoga a few months ago. I had tried yoga by watching some yoga videos at home but they were not interactive and had nothing to do with proper breathing techniques.

Chair yoga has made a real difference in my inner life. There is quiet place in all of us. A place we knew before we were told how to think and act and feel and behave. I wanted to know how to get to that quiet place. I had doubts that I could rediscover that peace as the path to my inner peace was so over grown. Chair yoga has helped me rediscover my true self.

I cannot breathe properly when I slouch. Now that I am more conscious of my abdomen expanding and contracting with my breath, slouching is no longer an option. I have become much more aware of my posture and how if affects the rhythm of my breath.

In the short time that I have been practicing chair yoga I have received so many physical and emotional benefits that I get upset when I have to miss class. I have incorporated some of the poses into my daily life.