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Course director and main tutor Claire Osborne

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This 30 hour in-depth training, professional development training for Yoga Teachers will give you the knowledge, understanding and skills to run safe, inclusive, client-friendly chair yoga classes, adapt classes for various care settings, or to integrate chair yoga into your regular teaching.

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• Learn techniques to support physical, mental, emotional and energetic well being.

• Support your students and clients to develop more mobility and confidence in their bodies and in their own wisdom

• Offer a safe, supportive environment where people can have fun, and at the same time learn to care for themselves

• Learn how to apply chair yoga in numerous settings, such as active retirement groups, wheelchair users, community groups, people with special needs and for people with limited movement due to health, injury or recovery from surgery.

• Learn to be creative and adaptive in your approach to teaching, so that you can offer accessible, inclusive classes led by the needs of your students and clients.

 

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COURSE OVERVIEW

 

Who's it for?

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For fully qualified yoga teachers and yoga therapists from all yoga lineages and levels of experience.

For yoga teachers interested in a therapeutic approach to yoga, and in yoga therapy, this course provides an excellent introduction.

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About my approach

 

This course draws from my own background in Hatha Yoga, Somatic movement and Yoga therapy, and 30 years of experience of working with the body through massage and bodywork, yoga, dance and movement. Teachers from all types of Yoga training and background are welcome to join.

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The approach is inclusive, mindful and therapeutic, prioritises safety, and is centered around the needs of clients and students whose bodies may have particular needs that may not be accommodated in a general yoga class.

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Claire has given careful attention to the delivery of this course, to ensure that experienced as well as new teachers complete it feeling informed and confident to design and deliver empowering, creative and sensitive classes in a variety of settings.

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​​Schedule breakdown ​​

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• In-person hours: 23 hours. Studio times vary for each venue.

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• Two online classes (3 hours total) with guest teachers: Applying chair yoga to specific target groups. 

   

• One online follow up class (one hour) to check in and answer questions arising from the training and your assignments.

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• Assignments and self-study (4+ hours)

            1. Extensive quiz based on the manual

            2. Research and class design project on a target group of your choice

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​You are expected to commit to a personal practice of chair yoga during the course.

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Course content

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• Overview of chair yoga, it’s applications and target groups

• Practical steps and supports to set up a class and make it accessible

• A wide range of practices including Asana, Pranayama (breathing practices), Mudras, Meditation, Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra, plus therapeutic applications and adaptations.

• Several practice sequences to support creating balanced and creative classes

• Practices for minimally mobile students

• In depth information to support posture

• How to help people develop the skill and confidence to move from the chair into standing.

• Introduction to yogic philosophy relevant to chair yoga classes

• Introduction to therapeutic yoga models as a lens for understanding health conditions and support for planning class plans

• Health and safety tips

• Detailed teaching tips, to support you to hold space in a compassionate and sensitive way

• Trauma sensitive teaching practice

• Introduction to medical and health conditions

• Reflection on emotional considerations in chair yoga

• Overview of the nervous system

• Reflections on Yoga practices as a support for the nervous system, general health and the management of pain

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Course fees

 

Fees vary according to the venue. Click on the booking link to view the details of each course.

Fees include a 100-page manual, access to recordings, assessment and certification fees.

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Fees to be paid in full before the start of the course.
Payment plans welcome. Please get in touch and we can work out a schedule that will best support you.

Bookings through the host studio.

On completion of the course and assignments you will receive a certificate of completion.​​

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