Chair & Stranding Yoga

Our mission at Evolve is to create a healthier community. Our classes are for individuals of all ages, and fitness levels. For our older community with limited mobility, we offer daily Chair & Standing yoga. This is a practice that modify yoga poses so that they can be done while seated in a chair. These modifications make yoga accessible to people who cannot stand or lack the mobility to move easily from standing to seated positions.

Many of the basic body mechanics of the individual postures are retained, no matter the stance of the practitioner. While seated on chairs, our clients can do versions of twists, hip stretches, forward bends, and mild backbends. Join us for class

Who is Chair Yoga for?
Chair yoga classes are suitable for anyone. It’s not limited to senior citizens. Its an excellent alternative for individuals recovering from surgery, attending physical therapy, or individuals who are using walkers or canes.

Benefits of Chair & Standing Yoga
Yoga offers many benefits and has been shown to improve overall health, prevent and (even in some cases) reverse disease when practiced regularly as a lifestyle. With this in mind, we offer Chair yoga four times a week. Here are some of them:

• Improved Strength
  Continual practice of yoga will increase your strength and better allow you to continue with hobbies and daily activities independently for many more years to come. If you are a senior and unlucky enough to suffer a fall or injury, a healthy body will be able to withstand this better and sustain fewer injuries.
• Improved Flexibility
  Chair yoga can help those with mobility issues to undertake activities that they have perhaps been unable to, such as reaching down to tie shoelaces or pick things up.
• Improved proprioception
  Proprioception is the skill of knowing where your body is in space and coordinating your movements accurately. This is particularly important for elderly people and can prevent falls. For people with disabilities or conditions such as MS, it may mean having greater control over your body and its movements.
• Reduced stress and improved mental clarity
  Chair yoga can lessen the impact of chronic illnesses and pain. For older adults, it may also help them cope with feelings of isolation if this is a problem. Being calmer and more relaxed inevitably leads to a greater sense of happiness and well-being.
• Opportunities to meet people and socialize
  Joining chair yoga classes for those with mobility issues and the elderly will also give them a venue to socialize and make friends.
•  Improved stress and pain management
  Chair yoga (and yoga in general, includes breath work, which can help people not only with stress management but also for coping and managing pain. Through meditation and paying attention to your breath, you can improve your body and mind to deal with the pain of an illness or condition you may suffer from.

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