Chair Yoga Certificate Program
Chair Yoga Certificate Program
Many students need a chair for safety, balance, after recovering from illness or injury, or simply prefer to yoga in a chair. This program teaches yoga teachers how to safely offer chair yoga classes and to modify poses using a chair.
This program includes:
Course planning to properly design a class with counter poses to bring the body to balance after twists, laterals, and/or weight-bearing.
Proper alignment to help anyone who practices yoga
Practices for health conditions such as osteoporosis, joint conditions including joint replacements.
For those who can get up and stand using the chair for support, we teach poses and movements to help with balance.
Experiential training includes teaching safe and accessible yoga for all students with a variety of conditions and life experiences.
Pre-requisite: A 200-Hour RYT from Yoga Alliance (or equivalent).
Requirements:
Pre-recorded class: Course Planning-5 (CP-5) - Eight pre-recorded video recordings. Students listen to the recordings and follow along with the handouts. At the end of the 8 lessons, take a short quiz.
Chair Yoga-1 (CY-1) - Online class to take place Spring 2024 - 8 weeks - this class will teach how to design a chair yoga class with counter poses and rest poses properly placed.
Chair Yoga-2 (CY-2) - Online class to take place Summer 2023 - 8 weeks - this class will teach how to keep students safe who have conditions such as osteoporosis, joint issues, joint replacements, are in a wheelchair, and more.
Chair Yoga with JJ - via recording or live - 8 classes
2-hours of Experiential training during a weekend—to be scheduled individually.
Practicum evaluation
Submit a recording of at least one class showng how you teach chair yoga.
Submit two lesson plans for a chair yoga class.
Submit at least two reviews/evaluations by your students of your chair yoga class.
This 34-Hour program costs $340. This tuition includes the bulleted items above. Currently enrolled students in SCHYS’s 300-Yoga Trainng Program or above will already have CP-5, and CY-1. Therefore, they need only CY-2 and Chair Yoga with JJ, and the 2-hours of Experiential traiining (18-hours), and their cost is $180.
Once all requirements are met including the Practicum Evaluation, students pay $150 graduation/certification fee.