This course is for anyone who is a yoga student, practitioner, or teacher or someone who is interested in learning about safe and effective chair yoga practice.

Our Chair Yoga For Everyone course is a 17-hour live, online training, with an additional 4-hours of pre-recorded Chair Yoga sample practices, which focuses predominantly on how to practice and teach yoga seated in a chair. It also includes an introduction to integrated teaching and creativity in Chair Yoga practice and teaching, with some standing options using the chair for support. This course will share important tools and considerations for practicing and teaching yoga seated in a chair, safely, while being able to experience and share the benefits of a full and holistic practice, including breath and meditation, within a Chair Yoga practice.

This course will explore how Chair Yoga can offer benefits of building strength and flexibility, nervous system regulation, cultivating focus, and more, for a range of ages and abilities. These practices can be shared anywhere from schools, workplaces, parks, aged care facilities - anywhere where chairs are available and accessible! Throughout the course our facilitators will also share how Chair Yoga practices can support and meet the needs of special populations, including wheelchair users and older adults.

The course is for anyone who is a yoga student, practitioner, or teacher, or those who are interested in learning about safe and effective chair yoga practice.

Each session in this 9-part online course will include a sample Chair Yoga practice.

Our Accessible Yoga Training Online is a 40-hour training, which focuses on adapting practices on a mat, chair, or bed. It also focuses on skills for mixed-level teaching (having students with varying needs / abilities practicing together within the same class, without the need for segregating different groups based on age or ability etc). 

This course also includes content on how to teach pranayama and meditation practices in accessible and trauma-informed ways. It covers specialized considerations for practitioners in larger bodies, wheelchair users, those who are neurodivergent and older adults. We also address yoga and social justice, breaking the cycle of white supremacy culture in wellness spaces, race-based traumatic stress and trauma conscious yoga, yoga for mental health, consideration for trans and queer communities, and disability awareness.

This training is a comprehensive training including live online training via Zoom, plus pre-recorded content, a comprehensive training manual, and live online study group sessions facilitated by our trainers. 

This training is most ideally suited to those who have previously or are currently completing a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training course, and is designed for those who want to be able to confidently, competently and safely share yoga in a way which not only accommodates, but honors and celebrates, people of all ages, sizes, abilities, and experience levels. It offers tools for teachers to be able to share yoga with anyone who wants to practice, and skills for practitioners to adapt practices in a way that suits their individual body, needs and ability.

Those who have completed or are enrolled in our Accessible Yoga Training are eligible for a discount on their enrollment in our Chair Yoga for Everyone course. Please contact us if you are an Accessible Yoga Training graduate, or are enrolled in our upcoming Oct-Nov 2024 cohort, and would like to enroll in Chair Yoga for Everyone (and haven't received your discount offer). 

There are no prerequisites to join except the willingness to stay open to new information.

You do not need to have completed a 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training to enroll in this course. The course is open to anyone. We will explore various yoga practices in the chair, practice together, and reflect on weekly themes and considerations for special populations.

There is no required reading, however we recommend Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body by Jivana Heyman as a complementary resource to this course.

We unfortunately can't offer phone support, but if you've reviewed the information on this page and would like to learn more about this course, we recommend registering to access the first session of the course as a FREE preview. Join Jivana on Friday September 6th for the first introductory session of the Chair Yoga for Everyone course, Introduction to Chair Yoga. 

Get details & register for the FREE course preview here.

You are also welcome to contact us if you have any further questions about Chair Yoga for Everyone, or other Accessible Yoga offerings.

Yes this training is 100% online. Here's how it works:

• Upon enrollment you'll received access to your online portal, which includes some introductory details and a welcome video from Jivana, the course schedule and session outlines, and the link to access the live online course via Zoom, plus 8 x BONUS pre-recorded Chair Yoga sample practice videos led by our course facilitators (4 hours of additional content).
• All live sessions will be offered through Zoom, a video-conferencing application. You can watch and interact on your phone, tablet, or computer. The training will be (auto) live-captioned.
• Captioned live session recordings and resources will be available for those enrolled in the course via our online portal for 1 year.
• Once you have reviewed all the pre-recorded content and the training sessions (either live, or via the recordings), you will self-certify that you've completed the course. Then you'll receive a PDF certificate of completion, which can be submitted for CEUs with Yoga Alliance.

Yes, all sessions will be recorded and uploaded to your student portal within 24-48 hours of each live training session. We encourage you to attend live if possible, however if this isn't possible due to scheduling or time-zone challenges, you are definitely very welcome to participate via the recordings. Course registrants will have access to the course recordings and resources for a whole year from the course commencement date.

This training consists of a 1 hour introductory session plus a further 8 x 2 hour sessions (17 hours live and online), led by Jivana Heyman and special guest presenters, Melissa Shah, Rodrigo Souza, Karen James and Jacquie 'Sunny' Barbee, plus an additional 4 hours of pre-recorded sample Chair Yoga Practice videos, led by Jivana and our guest presenters.

Upcoming course dates are:
September 6th - October 4th, 2024
Wednesdays & Fridays
9am-11am PDT | 12pm-2pm EDT | 5pm-7pm BST (UK)

You will get the most out of this offering if you attend via Zoom on a desktop / laptop computer with a webcam and microphone. However, you are welcome to watch and participate on your phone, tablet, or other internet-connected device. Appearing on video or speaking on the mic is not required for participants.

We recommend installing the Zoom application on your device to get the full functionality.

Your online portal, where you access the course, is web based and can be accessed through any internet browser, via various devices (computer, phone, tablet etc).

To easily access your course via a mobile device, you can download the free Kajabi app.

Kajabi is the platform we use to host this course and create your online portal. Once you download the free Kajabi app, go ahead and sign in with the email you and password you selected upon registration in the course, and that's it!

With the Kajabi mobile app, you'll be able to access the course content right from your phone. The app also automatically saves your progress, even when you switch between sessions and devices (which is particularly helpful if you are catching up via the recordings, and marking each session as complete when done).

Each session will include a sample Chair Yoga practice.

We recommend having access to the following yoga props for the practical components of this online course:

• 2 sturdy chairs (at least one without arms)
• 2 blankets
• 1 bolster (or firm pillow)
• 1 yoga strap (or belt / scarf)
• 2 yoga blocks
• A designated practice space

You also may like to have a journal and writing utensils or a note-taking device for taking notes.

There will be an asana practice in each session. These practices will predominantly be offered seated in a chair, with some standing variations offered using the chair for support.

We recommend having access to the following yoga props or supports from around your home for the practical components of this online course:

• 2 sturdy chairs (at least one without arms)
• 2 blankets
• 1 bolster (or firm pillow)
• 1 yoga strap (or belt / scarf)
• 2 yoga blocks
• A designated practice space

You also may like to have a journal and writing utensils or a note-taking device for taking notes.

Yes. This online course is worth 21 Continuing Education hours. Eligible yoga teachers will earn CE credit through Yoga Alliance. Upon completion of the course content, you will receive a digital (PDF) certificate you can submit for credit.

The content shared through this course is for your personal use. We ask that you don't share videos or resources included with anyone who hasn't enrolled. 

Any free resources that the facilitators share with overlapping information or links to connect with their work, we encourage you to share those widely (or even better, encourage your friends and colleagues to enroll in this course and/or engage with paid resources / offerings from our presenters to support the work they do).

Yes, you may split your tuition into 3 monthly payments.

Each pricing tier has this payment plan available.

Payments come out monthly based on the date of your initial purchase. For example, if you sign up on August 15th, your remaining two payments will be deducted on September 15th and October 15th.

If our sliding scale pricing still isn't accessible to you, we do have a limited number of partial scholarships available. Please fill out this partial scholarship application form to apply.

Our refund policy for this course is as follows:

• Request for cancellation of enrollment from the course prior to the commencement of the live Zoom training sessions (after access to the pre-recorded training materials has been granted) will receive a 50% refund of the total course fee (if paid in full), or cancellation of pending payment plan installments equal to 50% of the total course fee.

• No refunds will be granted once the course live Zoom sessions have commenced.

If you need help at any time you can contact us and we'll be in touch as soon as possible.

Our contact page - linked above - also includes FAQs which may answer your question/s most efficiently.