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Chair Yoga is a versatile accessible practice for everyone. Ideal for seniors and the less able-bodied, it is also suited to those who would like to learn different ways to enjoy their yoga practice without rolling out a mat and getting up and down from the floor. You can either take this course in studio or virtual

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Chair Yoga Teacher Training | IN STUDIO

Dina Cohen | 30 Jan 2025 virtual intro session + 15 Feb 2025 live session + on demand content | 20 hours | Price: £195

Chair Yoga is an immensely beneficial practice for everyone, not just seniors and the less able-bodied, but also for those who would like to learn different ways to enjoy their yoga practice without having to get up and down from the floor: office workers, those travelling often and those with limited space… and anyone who finds themselves sitting down with 5 minutes to spare. Chair yoga is derived from traditional yoga, and this course provides a creative take on using the chair as an extension as well as support in our yoga practice. Teaching Chair yoga to students can be a highly purposeful endeavour, sometimes freeing those practising to move in ways that are not otherwise accessible, opening up a world with a much broader range of movements and associated physical, mental and energy-inducing health benefits.  This fun, interactive course will provide you with new skills and creative ideas to offer your students, friends and families.

This course takes the format of:

  • a library of content released on 1 January with 6 months access
  • a pre-course virtual meeting on 30 January 2025 
  • a  full fun and interactive day in studio on 15 February 2025
 

 This course can be attended as a stand-alone CPD course or as an optional module on our Yoga Alliance accredited 300-hour programme. 

 

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Chair Yoga Course Content

Making sure your yoga teachings are accessible to all is a potent gift to give to your community. In this course we will look at ways to make yoga accessible for all and especially how to incorporate different requirements within one group. This can be the biggest challenge for teachers and one of the reasons that they don’t widen and diversify the range of students taught in one session.   We’ll be sitting in a chair, standing and balancing with the aid of a chair and moving around the chair. 

 Course contents: 

  • chairs and props 
  • structure and planning 
  • warming up 
  • adapting asana 
  • working with limited mobility 
  • modifications for seniors and less able-bodies 
  • modifications for those with greater strength and flexibility 
  • ideas for office yoga 
  • relaxation and Restorative options 
 

There will be plenty of opportunity to put it all into practice, with smaller group for teaching practice, feedback and discussion. 

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Dina Cohen Biography

Dina’s Dynamic Yoga and Mindfulness teachings have evolved over 20 years, grounded in hours of trainings with renowned teachers, and experience working with students from all walks of life: refugees and asylum seekers, dancers from the Royal Ballet, seniors practicing Chair Yoga in Care Homes or festival goers that find her getting her Flow on in a field surrounded by revellers and heavy beats. Now navigating her way through her ’second spring’, she’s finding the rewards of s-lo-w-i-n-g down, tuning in and learning to rest deeply are essential for sanity maintenance in an insane world.

She currently offers open-to-all Chair Yoga classes online, corporate and charity sessions and runs teacher trainings in Flow Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga, Mindfulness and of course Chair Yoga.

Chair Yoga Dina Cohen
" Fantastic... I really enjoyed it and have lots of inspiration for my accessible classes"
Gabi Markham (teacher)
" Great fun as well as being just what I needed to get new insight and ideas to work with "
John Franklin (teacher)
" I found it really informative and inspiring. Looking forward to integrating some of these ideas into my Chair classes and 1:1s. "
Marj Cook (teacher)
" A really useful day! Exactly what I needed to get a bit more confidence adapting my teaching to chair yoga, and I appreciated your generous approach to sharing your knowledge in such a down to earth way. "
Beth Peach (teacher)
" Thanks so much for the session, it was great, just what I was hoping for. I have been looking for something for my team at work to have a moment out to focus on health and well-being, that is practical and something they would not ordinarily do "
" What I especially like about your class is that it feels very accessible - whether you practice yoga regularly or it would be your first time - and it doesn't require equipment, special clothes, or much space at all. There was also a lot of variety which you kept really simple, so the time flew by with little worry about whether I was doing it right or not. "
Anna Kearvell Roberts
I got loads of ideas and inspiration from the course and feel like I'll go into my chair yoga classes with a lot more confidence now.
MF
An AMAZING course- so much knowledge shared in a totally absorbable way. Thankyou Dina- I loved it!❤️🧘🏼‍♀️
LF
A great way to bring yoga to a much wider population. A concise, informative and practical course. Time and money well spent.
AB
An excellent training by a very inspiring teacher!
I attended the chair yoga online course, a style that is completely new for me. This course is really excellent overall and I was very impressed with the level of pre-course material that we had access to. Dina is a fantastic teacher, patient and very clear, providing an accessible and inclusive learning environment. I have come away feeling confident that, after a little more practice, I can safely and competently teach a chair yoga session.
SC
Dina was amazing, she is so kind and compassionate and her passion shines through. It was refreshing to be on a yoga training whereby you are encouraged to follow your own ideas too. The range of postures shared to use in a chair was phenomenal. I wanted to teach the elderly but it has expanded into much more for me
I travelled from Aberdeen to South London for this training and it didn't disappoint. Dina's chair yoga was fun and informative and has filled me with confidence and inspiration to take back to my own students.
I was so impressed with how she delivered the course on zoom. The on-demand video content is amazing, so thorough. Dina empowered us and gave us the skills to use our creativity with adapting asanas for use with the chair.
The course was brilliant, super informative, Dina clearly has lots of great teaching experience & knowledge & was full of tips & techniques that I'll be using in all my future classes, not just those involving chairs!
The course has really empowered me to start teaching chair yoga and I feel confident that I could teach people using a mat and chair alongside each other.
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Course Dates

The course has the following modules scheduled:

  • 1 January 2025

    Release of on demand recorded content

  • Virtual pre-course Intro session Thu 30 January 2025

    6:30-7:30 pm

  • IN STUDIO Live session Sat 15 February 2025

    10-5:00 pm

Pricing

  • £195 for a full training day IN STUDIO plus recorded resources.
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