Get Fit Where You Sit

This practical guide offers a pioneering method of chair yoga for every body: a full practice of asana, breathing, and meditation with 250 instructional photos. Lakshmi Voelkers Chair Yoga™ method upends the myth that yoga is only for the flexible, strong, balanced, thin, and conventionally able-bodied. Whether you need or want chair support, or you would like to get in some yoga practice while you sit at your work desk, Get Fit Where You Sit offers 40 active and restorative poses, illustrated with 250 photos, along with breathing techniques and meditation practicesall adapted so that you dont have to leave your chair. Poses include: Tree Posefor a flexible spine and to combat the slump we often get with a sedentary lifestyle Eagle Posefor healthy joints Squat Poseto relax the lower back Knee-to-Chest Poseto support good digestion Coherent breathingto bring the bodys systems into balance And much more Lakshmi Voelker and Liz Oppedijk offer a powerful, inclusive practice that is appropriate for new students or longtime practitioners and can easily be implemented by yoga instructors, educators, medical professionals, exercise professionals, or caretakers for work with their clients.