Chair Yoga DVDs

There are many reasons why working with chair yoga DVDs helps you maintain good health.

If you’re new to yoga, in recovery from an illness or injury, or simply trying to improve your range of motion, using a chair as yoga prop equipment helps you to maintain balance and focus on form. Many women also consider performing prenatal yoga easier and more comfortable from a chair, especially during the third trimester.

Yoga instructor John Schlorholtz also believes seniors benefit a great deal from using a chair as support for yoga. In his yoga DVD “Ageless Yoga”, it’s one of his best props.

The confidence of that support frees both the body and mind so an individual may experience greater flexibility and increased circulation, fluidity of movement, and a peaceful sense of wellbeing. In addition, breathing exercises performed in a chair reduce back fatigue.

By following along with a chair yoga DVD in the comfort of your home, you don't have to worry about mobility issues or keeping up with a class. Your attention is centered on your progress.

Just about any exercise that uses a chair will features some yoga postures, because simple stretching is an integral part of the routine. You can even slip into Downward Facing Dog Pose with a chair to hold on to!

Many of these chair yoga DVDs specialize in modified poses which, as you build strength, you can extend into the full posture.

• Lakshmi Chair Yoga features Kripalu-certified instructor Lakshmi Voelker-Binder and two different routines.
• Chair Yoga: A Seated Practice with Ann Richmond is a gentle practice that enhances all levels of fitness.
• Chair Exercises for Seniors by Bob Klein blends yoga and tai chi for an invigorating chair workout. Get both volumes and start your practice right away.
• Yoga in Chairs – Beginner is instructor Liz Frankin’s answer to an accessible chair yoga DVD routine for an individual with many steps of rehabilitation to accomplish or someone simply trying to maintain range of motion.

If you’d like to expand your yoga DVD library as you build strength or continue recovery, add these selections to your library. Some of these might not be chair yoga DVD routines specifically, but are complete with posture and prop suggestions for any necessary modification.

• Edward Vilga’s Yoga in Bed program demonstrates that you can perform yoga anywhere. If you’re in recovery, you can still perform simple but effective yoga postures without leaving your bed.
• Essential Yoga for Inflexible People by Maggie Rhodes is produced by Body Wisdom and features routines that incorporate the use of props such as a chair, a book, a pillow, and a rolled-up blanket. There are many routine variations to accommodate individuals at all health levels.
• Yoga for Inflexible People, with instructor Judi Rice, is also produced by Body Wisdom. In this DVD, you can focus on a particular area of the body or choose one of two general routines. Again, almost any household item can be used as a safe prop.
• Yoga: Just My Size features instructor Megan Garcia and focuses on routines for plus-size women. The gentle poses Garcia demonstrates encourages using the support of a chair, wall, ottoman, and other fixtures while celebrating the movement of every type of body. Also consider Garcia’s other yoga DVD, Megayoga.
• Yoga for the Rest of Us by Peggy Cappy stresses that yoga can and should be done by all people – you don’t need to be “young, thin, or a contortionist”. Perform her accessible routine as one long session or in shorter segments.

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