This week we invite you to pull up a chair and join us in Melisse's Thursday morning Chair Yoga classes!

If you're not familiar with our Chair Yoga classes, Melisse offers a gentle, accessible class with many opportunities to customize the practice for your unique body and your individual needs. During the hour-long practice, you'll be primarily seated on a chair with the option of standing with the support of the chair if you choose.

Melisse shared with us, "What I love about teaching chair yoga is that it is accessible and adaptable to anyone. No prior yoga experience is needed to attend a chair class. My goal in class is to connect breath with gentle, safe body movement. My hope is that once class is done, students will feel more relaxed and flexible."

Anyone can benefit from a Chair Yoga practice but those students who have trouble getting up and down from the floor, who have trouble standing for long periods of time, who are recovering from an injury, or who are looking to reduce anxiety and stress in a gentle way may especially benefit.

Melisse's Chair Yoga class is offered weekly on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. CST. Once you're signed up, you'll receive both a link to the live class session and a copy of the class recording after class has concluded. So, if you can't attend live, please do sign up and use the class recording to practice anytime it's convenient for you!

Sign up for our Chair Yoga classes here! We look forward to seeing you in our online classes soon.

Have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

When I teach yoga, my deepest desire is to weave a practice that works for every single person in the room. I listen carefully as every person tells me how they're feeling.

And I watch even more carefully.

As you begin to breathe and move, I notice that you wince when you bring your arm overhead. I notice how you use two blankets to create padding for your achy knees. I notice that, in a seated pose, your left knee is higher than your right.

The sensations I observe in your body, I memorize in mine. This awareness helps me craft the right practice.

My brain systematically strings together poses that are specifically beneficial to what you're feeling, and weeds out poses that will cause pain, misalignment, or disrupt your ease.

This is why I show up for every class without a plan. I want to create the practice that provides the most benefit.

And this is why sometimes I pull out the foam rollers, or the straps, or the yellow balls, or even a roomful of chairs. Using any (or all!) of these props doesn't mean that you're less than, it means that you're using tools to gain the absolute best benefit.

This week I recorded a Chair Yoga video for you. It's intended to help you gain flexibility, strength, and stability, by practicing yoga with a chair. Some people think Chair Yoga is only for old people, but as you'll see, EveryBody can benefit.

You can do this 12 minute practice on your own at home, or come join us for a practice at the studio. If you specifically like Chair Yoga, join Angela for her class on Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Or if you like a Gentle practice that uses lots of props, come see us for any Gentle class on our Class Schedule.

Hope you're having a great week! See you soon! Zelinda

P.S. It's not too late to register for my Yoga for Bigger Bodies workshop which is this Saturday! Click here for more information.

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