Chair Yoga is Hatha Yoga practised using a chair. The practices concentrate on joint movement and muscle strengthening, incorporating the breath and meditation. It is by no means the easy option, working at a level that is right for your mind and body at that moment.
Chair Yoga is ideal for those that are recovering from injury, that struggle to get up and down from the floor or who are experiencing discomfort impairing the range of movement.
These classes are suitable for all levels of experience and can be adapted to most health conditions.
A 12 minute Chair practice for everyone
A gentle, accessible practice that can be done every day by everyone! Give it a go, especially if you are desk bound.
Judi x
Always practise with awareness and take care of yourself at all time.
A Short Practice for the Chair
This is a useful practice for anytime, especially daily (let me know if you do this and the results you see over a couple of weeks). There is a settling, warmup, some strengthening and a short meditation. I hope you find this useful. Always listen to the options and take care of yourself. Love, Judi x
Chair Yoga
Peace and Space
16 December 2024
Peace, calm, Shanti Path ….
Reading from Mahatma Ghandi.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Space Week 5
9 December 2024
Continuing exploring expansiveness in the body and breath, and also the mind through focussing on body and breath.
Poem is by Danna Faulds.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Space, week 4
2 December 2024
Continuing exploring expansiveness in the body and breath, and also the mind through focussing on body and breath.
Poem is by Kai Seidenburg.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Space Week 3
25 November 2024
Exploring expansiveness in body and breath.
Our poem was by William Blake.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Space Week 2
18 November 2024
A gentle approach this week, keeping our focus on the heart space and encouraging those qualities of acceptance, graciousness, love and joy to ourselves. Allowing ourselves the space to feel nurtured by these qualities.
Our poem was Silence by Kirsten Ivatts.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Space Week 1
11 November 2024
Finding space in our bodies and breath.
Including a minute's silence at the end of the class for Armistice Day.
Poem is by Kai Seidenberg..
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Manipura #6
21 October 2024
Bringing fire to balance Manipura and drawing that energy to the heart centre.
Balancing twists, stronger practices and heart centre awareness.
Poem is by Kai Seidenberg..
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices
Chair Yoga
Manipura #5
14 October 2024
Bringing fire to balance Manipura and drawing that energy to the heart centre.
Poem is by Danna Faulds.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Manipura #4
7 October 2024
We continue to work with Manipura, finding balance at the solar plexus, continuing with intention.
Words from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Manipura #3
30 September 2024
This week we worked with 'I am strong and purposeful'.. We used bows and arrows and our focus.
Our poem was an autumn poem:
Autumn means Harvest by Lenore Hetrick
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today..
Chair Yoga
Manipura #2
23 September 2024
Working from our fire centre, incorporating practices to ignite our inner fire.
This week we are again targeting the core, so some practices are quite strong - remember to listen to the choices and to your body.
Words are by Jasmine Crowe.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Manipura #1
9 September 2024
Working from our fire centre, incorporating practices and visualisations to ignite our inner fire.
Words are by Rumi.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Rainbows
19 August 2024
Lots of rainbows. Take care of your shoulders!
Words are by Aberjhani.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
The Heart Centre
5 August 2024
A short Metta meditation and heart opening practices.
Words are by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Blue Skies and Brilliant Sun
29 July 2024
A few stronger standing poses but still a grounded practice.
Words are by Aberjhani.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Earth Connection
22 July 2024
Breathing in from the earth and back down again.
I read words from Rachel Carson.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Full body and breath
23 June 2024
From the face down to the toes, strengthening and lengthening.
I read words from Wendell Berry.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
Trikonasana
17 June 2024
This week we looked a little more closely at Trikonasana pose. Opening the heart centre; grounding and strengthening.
I read words from Haemin Sumin.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga
More Warrior!
10 June 2024
We incorporate the Warrior poses again this week.
Words are from the Dalai Lama.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Warrior!
3 June 2024
Hi Folks
This week we looked a little more closely at the familiar Warrior poses. I mentioned taking the attitude of the Warrior off the mat - let me know how you get on with that if it's relevant to you.
I read some words from Haemin Sumin:
'When we listen to silence, we can hear
subtle vibrations.
While listening to the vibrations,
ask a simple question:
What is it that is listening?
There is no listener.
There is only listening.'
We also looked for silence and stillness in our opening settling and our relaxation.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
The Three Gunas
Chair Yoga
Week 6, 20 May 2024
Our last week exploring the concept of the Gunas, the energies that run through all of Prakriti (nature).
Poem is by Donna Ashworth.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
The Three Gunas
Chair Yoga
Week 5, 13 May 2024
Our fifth week exploring the concept of the Gunas, the energies that run through all of Prakriti (nature). Being aware of the Gunas through our practice.
Poem is by Danna Faulds.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
The Three Gunas
Chair Yoga
Week 4, 29 April 2024
Our fourth week exploring the concept of the Gunas, the energies that run through all of Prakriti (nature). Carrying awareness of the Gunas into our daily lives.
Ending words are 10 Ancient Teachings from native Americans.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
The Three Gunas
Chair Yoga
Week 3, 22 April 2024
Our third week exploring the concept of the Gunas, the energies that run through all of Prakriti (nature). Embodied awareness, breath and balance. Exploring Sattva.
Poem by Jeff Foster.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
The Three Gunas
Chair Yoga
Week 2, 15 April 2024
Our second week exploring the concept of the Gunas, the energies that run through all of Prakriti (nature). Embodied awareness, breath and balance.
Poem by Danna Faulds.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
The Three Gunas
Chair Yoga
Week 1, 8 April 2024
Our first week exploring the concept of the Gunas, the energies that run through all of Prakriti (nature). Poem is by Anna Swir.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Pancha Vayus
Chair Yoga
Week 5, 18 March 2024
An exploration of Vyana Vayu. Radiating energy.
Poem is by Danna Faulds.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Pancha Vayus
Chair Yoga
Week 4, 11 March 2024
An exploration of Udana Vayu. The voice and spirals of energy.
Poem is by Mary Oliver.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Pancha Vayus
Week 3, 4 March 2024
Chair Yoga
An exploration of Samana Vayu. Burning up negativity.
Poem is by Mary Oliver.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Pancha Vayus
Chair Yoga
Week 2, 26 February 2024
An exploration of Apana Vayu.
Words in relaxation are from Breath by Sandra Sabatini.
Poem is by Danna Faulds.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Pancha Vayus
Chair Yoga
Week 1, 19 February 2024
This week explore sthoola prana Vayu.
There are 5 Vayus/winds/forces within the body, mind and energetic body. This is the first and the one that underpins the others.
Poem is by Danna Faulds.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
The Back
Week 4, 5 February 2024
This week we gently pay attention to the back.
Poem is This Body, Joyce Sutphen.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
Chair Yoga
Legs and Feet
Week 3, 29 January 2024
This week we explore legs and feet.
Poem is The Mysteries of Anatomy, and American folk rhyme.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
Chair Yoga
Week 2, 22 January 2024
This week we explore the psoas muscle.
Poem is The Original by Tom Maxwell.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
Chair yoga
Week 1, 15 January 2024
This week we are targeting the shoulders and neck, releasing tension, increasing mobility and stability. You will need a belt and a small towel.
Reading is from Rupi Kaur.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Ahimsa, Peace, Self Care
Chair Yoga
Week 6, 18 December 2023
Intention, chocolate meditation (make sure you have either chocolate or a soft piece of fruit such as satsuma) and an opening, strengthening practice.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Ahimsa, Peace, Self Care
Chair Yoga
Week 5, 11 December 2023
Meditation for peace, candlelight at the heart centre, Brahmari breath, Shanti Path (Invocation for peace). The words are from Mahatma Ghandi.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Ahimsa, Peace, Self Care
Chair Yoga
Week 4, 4 December 2023
Setting intentions, looking after ourselves and embracing the winter months. Working with Padma Mudra, Brahmari breath, intention, and a Tibetan massage.
The words are from Henry Ward Beecher.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Ahimsa, Peace, Self Care
Chair Yoga
Week 3, 27 November 2023
Setting intentions, looking after ourselves and preparing ourselves for the winter months. Working with Padma Mudra, Brahmari breath and intention.
The words are taken from a poem by Layman P'ang
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Ahimsa, Peace, Self Care
Chair Yoga
Week 2, 20 November 2023
Setting intentions, looking after ourselves and preparing ourselves for the winter months. Working with Padma Mudra, Brahmari breath and intention.
Poem is by Danna Faulds
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Ahimsa, Peace, Self Care
Chair Yoga
Week 1, 13 November 2023
Setting intentions, looking after ourselves and preparing ourselves for the winter months.
Reading is by Maya Angelou.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
Chair Yoga, Albatross Practice, 23 October 2023, 60 mins
A gently strong practice, with nods to the 3 part breath and including the lovely Albatross practice.
The poem is by Danna Faulds, Love Channel.
Love, Judi x
A live recorded class.
Always practise with awareness and take the right choices for you today.
