Chair Yoga with Kristin

YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN US AT ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOR CHAIR YOGA!

Chair yoga is a gentle postural yoga practice that uses the support of a chair. The practice typically begins with gentle movements of the head, neck, and shoulders with emphasis on linking the breath with the movements. Sun salutations and warrior sequences follow, all while seated. After a series of hip openers, forward folds, and inversions in the chair, the practice usually ends with mindfulness meditation and offerings of gratitude and thanksgiving.

A stable seat is essential for this practice. You may want to position a study chair on carpet or a yoga mat to keep it from slipping. You can also position the back of the chair against a wall for extra stability. Chairs with wheels or overstuffed armchairs are not best for chair yoga. To avoid stressing the back and hips, it's best to use a chair that positions the knees at about the same height as the hips. A bolster or folded blankets under the feet can raise and support the feet so the knees are in line with the hips.

We practice indoors, in a large room. We recommend wearing comfortable layered clothing to help regulate preferred body temperature. If you have postural practice supports like blankets, bolsters, blocks, and straps, please bring them with you. We have community practice supports for you to use as well. Feel free to borrow any community practice support to facilitate and enhance your practice.

We also suggest bringing water to maintain hydration after practice.
No experience is necessary and there is never a cost. We welcome everyBODY. We so hope to practice with YOU in commUNITY!

WE ARE BUILT ON GIVING
Our practice opportunities are provided solely through voluntary giving. The giving of many is what allows the practice opportunities to be offered so freely. Anyone who’s experienced benefit from our offerings is invited to give for the benefit of others.

There are many ways to give beyond financial contributions. Giving includes all types of altruistic service, inside or outside our yoga community. Giving also includes generously sharing yoga and consistently practicing yoga with honesty and love. This kind of perpetual giving makes living yoga possible.

In giving, we loosen the grip of our greatest source of suffering - self-absorption. We expand our hearts in a way that recognizes we are not actually separate from others. Giving is a letting go of a sense of separateness that’s based in ignorance. When we practice giving, we feel into how we all depend on one another - how we are all part of the whole. In this way, giving is the natural response of the awakened heart. Every act of giving is an opportunity to feel into the lack of separation between the one who gives and the one who receives.

You’re invited to give according to your volition and means - in whatever ways resonate with you. You might like to make monetary donations, contribute to our collective resources, or dedicate your time and skill to assist the community. Financial offerings subsidize the practice costs, including facility use, insurance, practice supports, and cleaning supplies.