Our Chair Yoga For Everyone course is a 13-hour online, on-demand training (recordings of a previous live, online training held in August 2023), which focuses predominantly on how to practice and teach yoga seated in a chair. It also includes an introduction to mixed-level teaching and creativity in Chair Yoga practice and teaching, with some standing options using the chair for support. This course shares 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 explores 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 also share how Chair Yoga practices can support and meet the needs of special populations, including wheelchair users and older adults.

This 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 short course includes a sample Chair Yoga practice.

Our Accessible Yoga Training Online is a 40-hour live, online 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 upcoming Accessible Yoga Training are eligible for a discount on their enrollment in our Chair Yoga for Everyone (On-Demand) course. Please contact us if you are an Accessible Yoga Training graduate, or are enrolled in our upcoming Accessible Yoga Training Online cohort, and would like to enroll in Chair Yoga for Everyone (and haven't received your discount offer). 

The 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.

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

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.

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 will be an asana practice in each session. These practices will predominantly be offered seated in a chair, with some standing variations offered in the session on Creativity in Mixed-Level Teaching.

Yes this short-course is 100% online. Here's how it works:

• When you register, you'll get instant access to your online course portal. You can log in to your portal using the email address and password you entered upon registration.
• Your course portal includes a welcome video, session descriptions, and the captioned replays of the our Chair Yoga for Everyone: Learn to Practice & Teach online short-course, recorded live in August 2023. The course consists of 9 x 60-90 minute video replays (13 hours total).
• Your on-demand course enrollment includes access to the course recordings and associated resources for 1 year. Once you have watched all the content, you will self-certify that you've completed the course. Then you'll receive a PDF certificate of completion.

This on-demand training includes recordings of a 9-part short-course recorded live & online in August 2023.

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 course 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 read or watch all of the course content right from your phone. The app also automatically saves your progress, even when you switch between sessions and devices.

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 / couch cushion)
• 1 yoga strap (or belt / scarf)
• 2 yoga blocks
• A designated practice space

*Please don't let lack of access to 'traditional / official' yoga props deter you from any of our offerings - there are always options available, and ways to be creative with what you have. The key intention of our Accessible Yoga School offerings is making practices accessible.

You will have access to the on-demand content within our online student portal for 1 year.

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 (via social media, newsletters or blogs etc) that Jivana, guest facilitators or the Accessible Yoga School 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).

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 scholarship application to apply.

Payment plans aren't available for this on-demand online course, however we do offer tiered pricing and partial scholarships.

This course is non-refundable, however we invite you to try our free preview class from this course as a 'taster' to determine if it is right for you.

Click here to access your free preview class: Introduction to Chair Yoga with Jivana Heyman.

Yes. This short course is worth 13 Continuing Education hours. Eligible yoga teachers will earn CE credit through Yoga Alliance. Upon completion of the course content, you will receive a downloadable certificate you can submit for credit.

Your success is our #1 priority. If you need help at any time you can contact us and we'll be in touch!