LAKSHMI VOELKER CHAIR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION

Who Needs Chair Yoga?
Do you have students, patients, or clients that would benefit from doing Yoga but:

cannot get down on the floor because of age, handicap, or inflexibility, or

want to practice their Yoga where getting on the floor is impractical
(at work, traveling, etc.)?

These folks have traditionally been unable to reap the exceptional benefits Yoga brings to the body, mind, and spirit. Now, you can open this wondrous world to a new audience.

What will you learn?
In this four day program, Lakshmi will add a new dimension to your teaching and/or care-giving. The 25 hour teacher certification will provide you with a firm foundation for teaching Chair Yoga. For those that are eligible, the 25 hours usually qualify for your continuing education credits.

Along with the normal meditation, breathing, and relaxation techniques, you will learn how to adapt the classical Yoga asanas to the chair (vs. the floor) — what Lakshmi terms the chair asanas.

Lakshmi assisting

You will learn the chair asanas along with:

sun salutation

moon salutation

earth salutation

warrior series

classical balance postures

other yoga asanas

contraindications
for each chair asana

In addition, during the 4 day (25 hours) program, you will learn the chair asanas™ for:

Double Chair Yoga™ (each student uses two chairs)

Pair Chair Yoga™ (two students, each on their own chair,
working together as partners)

Weighted Chair Yoga (each student employs appropriate
weights as part of their Chair Yoga)

During your program Lakshmi will cover additional Eastern disciplines and modalities such as:

Pa Tuan Chin

Chinese Arthritis Relief Hand Movements

Acupressure knee strengthening exercises

Various breathing techniques for our meditation, relaxation,
and asanas

7 Chakras and their meanings, colors, sounds, and affirmations

5 Yamas and 5 Niyamas

Do-In Chinese Self Massage and Foot Reflexology

Basic nutrition to honor our body temple

Lakshmi will introduce reading and viewing materials depending on the needs of each class.

LAKSHMI VOELKER
CHAIR YOGA
TEACHER TRAINING

July 22-25, 2011
Friday 7-9:30pm
Saturday-Monday 9am-12:30pm & 2-6pm

25 CEUs Electives

Your certification will enable you to teach a one hour Chair Yoga class with knowledge and confidence to a varied audience. A certificate will be granted upon successfully teaching a Chair Yoga class to your classmates at the conclusion of the certification program.

TUITION: $450
($400 early registration by June 23, 2010)

Tuition includes:

Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Single Chair Yoga
Volume 1 DVD
The Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga: The Sitting Mountain Series CD and its 43 page tutorial booklet
Teacher’s manual (over 175 pages with illustrations)
Rights to resell the DVD and CD at a discounted price
to you

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Prerequisites:
Yoga teachers and teachers-in-training
Health care providers and practitioners with Yoga experience

For those with little or no experience, you must purchase
a beginner yoga kit from Lakshmi consisting of:

1. Kripalu Beginner Yoga 93 page book
2. Kripalu Gentle Yoga DVD or VHS video

Included with this kit will be the Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga, Single Chair Yoga Volume 1 DVD and the Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga: The Sitting Mountain Series CD with tutorial booklet.

You will need to purchase this 30 days prior to the class and
work thru the materials 3-5 days a week for a minimum of
1 hour per day.

Contact Lakshmi to order the kit.

Note: If you are a physical therapist or an occupational therapist, Chair Yoga certification normally qualifies for Continuing Education Credits.

Lakshmi Voelker-Binder, YT, KYTA, YA, IAYT, ERYT, a certified Kripalu Yoga instructor since 1985, a member of the Yoga Alliance and International Association of Yoga Therapists, and holder of other Yoga certifications, has studied, practiced, and taught Yoga and Eastern disciplines since 1969.

Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga™ was created in 1982 when one of her students was stricken with arthritis and could no longer get down on the floor to practice yoga. She authored and produced "Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga™: The Sitting Mountain Series" CD/cassette and tutorial booklet in 1999.