Chair Yoga
Chair yoga is a form of yoga as therapy developed by Lakshmi Voelker-Binder in 1982, practiced sitting on a chair, or standing using a chair for support. The poses, or asanas, are often adaptations of modern yoga poses.
Benefits
- Increased Flexibility. The ability to bend, twist, stretch, and move freely is important for more than doing yoga.
- Improved Strength. Using your muscles to complete yoga poses builds strength.
- Improved Proprioception.
- Reduced Stress.
- Reduced Pain.
- Improved Pain Management Skills.
- Better Sleep