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Chair yoga a practice that allows all levels and abilities of yoga practitioners to enjoy the benefits of yoga. Imagine people practicing movement and meditation (what the West deems yoga) on park benches, in wheelchairs, in folded chairs in a gym, in a hospital recovery room, in a home for folks with disabilities, in a wellness space with chairs. Yoga is much more than a simple mat practice, and that’s truly just the beginning. I wrote this post to help inspire our yoga beyond the mat and into the chair, couch, bed, or against the wall — whatever you got and wherever you can find support. Settling the mind is challenging in pretty much any capacity these days. The more we practice, the more we can learn how to channel this same energy into the outcomes that matter. I’ve come up with a few reasons why this style of yoga might be not only more accessible, but an overall more fitting yoga lineage to practice for most people — or perhaps a more approachable class than the common vinyasa mat yoga we find ubiquitously throughout wellness, fitness and movement spaces. From my time spent learning ways to make yoga more accessible for people, I discovered Jivana Heyman’s podcast, book and website dedicated to Accessible Yoga. From taking his online classes, to his books, and enjoying his podcast and workshops, I share in the dreamy vision that one day I hope to look around the various yoga spaces I am in and see true integration of folks of all levels and abilities together enjoying the beautiful benefits, feelings, and efforts of yoga. If you’ve never taken a chair yoga class and are curious to try — here is a chair yoga class with Jivana on YouTube! 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