Maria Jones
Chair Based Yoga Specialist.
Health professional (BSc) and yoga teacher (E-RYT 500). Owner and founder of Yuva Yoga. Best Selling Author of The Chair Yoga Handbook.
Genuinely welcome students of all abilities in your classes.
Chair Based Yoga:
The gateway to all inclusive yoga classes.
✔️ Accessible to those less able, older and chronically ill
✔️ Adapted to meet your students’ abilities, aims and needs.
✔️ With a strong sense of connection and community
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8 essential class design elements
TEACHING CHAIR BASED YOGA
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Chair Based Yoga
Not like regular studio and gym classes. Chair based yoga serves a purpose greater than asana.
Beyond the poses and the physical aspects of yoga, connection, community and inclusion are deeply ingrained in the practice of chair based yoga.
You can make yoga a health intervention in the lives of your students and the wider community.
Achieve what you always set out to do when you completed your yoga teacher training:
"Be of service to your students and have a positive impact in their lives with your gift of yoga"
NEXT STEP…
NEXT STEP…
The Chair Yoga Handbook
After years of teaching chair based yoga, I was getting fed up with the lack of chair yoga resources available specifically to yoga teachers.
Questions such as "how can I make my class last more than 30 minutes?", "what do I do when my students are not able to stand?" kept coming up in my community.
So I decided to write The Chair Yoga Handbook and show you how to design and deliver effective chair based yoga classes with ease!
The only book you'll ever need to teach chair based yoga!
Susan Rose
Susan Rose Yoga
"Everything you need to know about teaching chair yoga can be found in Maria Jones' The Chair Yoga Handbook!
She takes a deep dive into theory, sequencing, safety, adaptation, and individual case studies. She even includes class plans to get you started!
If you are new to teaching chair yoga, or if, like me, you have been teaching awhile, this handbook will become a much used resource!"
Rodrigo Souza
Allihopa Yoga
I found this book to be extremely valuable, reader-friendly, and a great resource on both Chair yoga and a broader understanding of yoga overall.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning Chair yoga, which is the most democratic way of teaching, where everyone is welcome.
Maria did a wonderful job putting it all together.
a deeper dive…
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chair yoga for older adults
Confidently teach chair yoga to older adults
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Chair Yoga Teacher Training
Chair Yoga Teacher Training
"A pragmatic way to design and deliver chair yoga"
“Excellent both in terms of content during the course and the resources made available for moving forward with your own teaching.
Maria really does live her teachings, and that translates in the very genuine and pragmatic way she both designs and delivers her training.
The chair is a wonderfully versatile prop and this training really opens your eyes to its potential“
Dharma Simmons, yoga teacher
certified chair based yoga teacher training
design sessions with ease
With my unique 8-step sequencing framework,
facilitate truly inclusive yoga sessions
Principles and language that truly invites everyone in the practice,
Adapt poses for all abilities
Learn how to make everyone be and feel included in your classes
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OTHER WAYS TO CONNECT
The Chair Yoga Podcast
The Chair Yoga Podcast
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