Chair Yoga Revolution: A Comprehensive Guide for Seniors to Enhance Mobility, Strength, and Independence - Softcover

Grace, Alexandra

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798320813738

Publisher: Independently published, 2024

Synopsis

Gentle, seated yoga for seniors

Chair Yoga Revolution is a straightforward guide to practising yoga from a chair: safe warm-ups, seated poses for strength, flexibility and balance, poses for knee and back pain, and simple ways to build a routine you can keep up at home.

What is inside (86 pages, 8.5 x 11 in)

• Introduction to chair yoga and what it can realistically do for mobility and independence.
• The benefits for seniors — mobility, strength and balance, stress and mental wellbeing.
• Getting started — setting personal goals, step-by-step actions, keeping a progress log.
• Warm-up exercises — seated deep breathing, neck and shoulder rolls, arm raises.
• Poses for strength — upper body, lower body and core: arm circles, overhead stretch, chair pigeon, seated spinal twist, seated mountain, seated forward bend.
• Poses for flexibility — neck rolls, seated side stretch, chair warrior I.
• Poses for balance — seated eagle, chair warrior II, chair tree.
• Poses for knee and back pain — seated leg extensions, ankle circles, extended side angle, chair sphinx.
• Each pose comes with step-by-step instructions, and the book closes with a plan for making chair yoga a lasting habit.

Who it is for

Older adults, people with limited mobility, and carers or activity coordinators who want a simple, low-risk exercise routine. Black-and-white interior.

This book offers general fitness information and is not medical advice. Check with your doctor before starting any new exercise programme, especially after surgery or with a chronic condition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798320813738
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 86