How To Train Your Observation Skills

One of the final course assignments in our Online Chair Yoga Certification Program is to go out into the community and observe people’s postures and come up with beneficial Yoga asanas. This observation practice brings together 3 necessary skills needed for a...

Go Forth Into Your Community! Ways to Spread Yoga!

Do you want to grow your class?  Do you want to reach more people with the healing gifts of Yoga?  Do you want to educate and empower people to take good care of their health?  Then going out into your Community is important. As we know not everyone will find us where...

“That’s a pretzel pose!” The Side Saddle

“That’s a pretzel pose!” The Side Saddle “That’s a pretzel pose!” one of my students called out when I introduced the Side Saddle sequence in my Chair Yoga class.  I knew what she meant! A pretzel pose is the code word for a...

What is All Ability Yoga?

Do you often start your Yoga classes with the “setting of an intention”? (def. an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result). It is a powerful practice! Our thoughts become our actions, and an intention is a literal seed of what will...

Movements for our Gait muscles – The Hip Flexors

Our hip flexors are our gait muscles. They help propel us forward with every step we take. The tighter these muscles, the shorter our walking gait can become. This can be an issue with our Senior population or for those who are sedentary for long periods of time....

Do you feel intimidated by Anatomy?

Do you feel intimidated by Anatomy? Perhaps you recall having to memorize the insertion points of each muscle or naming the 4 individual muscles of the quadriceps. Rote memorization is only useful for testing purposes… but when we can embrace and be awed by...