Gentle Chair Yoga Routine - 25 minutes

[@happinessyogateacher]

I’m 66 and this has become my morning routine as a moving meditation. Soothing voice and nice music.🎵

[@ritabeck3868]

I love this routine. I am recovering from spinal surgery of 5 months ago and this routine is perfect for me.

[@elizabethaitken6687]

Enjoyed the. Vidio I am 86years old retired Occupational Therapist at present in lockdown (1month) discovered the pleasure of following you

[@Deltagirl1977]

This video is great! Thank you for posting it to KZbin.

[@musicforworldpeacerecords324]

Excellent routine. Easy to do. Immediate benefits. I follow this routine several times a week.

[@yeongseonpark7278]

Best chair yoga practice I've ever encountered. Really appreciate having two versions. Thank you for sharing this with the world.

[@andreashearer2019]

What I especially like about this video is the amount of time holding the stretches; most videos don’t give enough time. I also appreciate repeating movements a number of times. Thanks for posting these.

[@SharonRiver]

I've been doing yoga every morning with these women for months now. I feel like they are my friends! In my living room! On my big screen TV!! I enjoy their smiling faces and easy to follow poses. Thank you for adding some gentle yoga to my life ladies!

[@margaret2239]

I’ve been doing yoga for 50 years and still found this a very satisfying class.

[@margaret2239]

Just did it again a year later. Still one of my favourite routines.

[@margaret2239]

Still returning to this video.

[@margaret2239]

Still doing this one. Thank you.

[@margaret2239]

Did it again this morning with the Atlantic Ocean in the foreground. Still a favourite class of mine.

[@margaret2239]

Here I am again.

[@suzizix2097]

I started this video in September of 2019 and have been at it almost every day since them. Once I learned the routine I turned off the sound and put my own yoga music from Pandora on for sound. I have gotten stronger and am now able to get down on the floor for my long-time routine. I have chronic pain from osteoarthritis and have had a hip and knee replacement on my right side and am slowly making progress in my range of motion. Thank you so much for this!

[@nancyparker3642]

Excellent idea. That relentless drum thing is not relaxing to me at all. I much prefer something more tuneful. Thanks for the comment. I just started and was wondering if I could follow without the verbal instructions. LOL. Maybe soon!

[@gabyjones7629]

OMG, thank you! This is the only yoga video I can actually follow.

[@JoannaZampas]

So happy I came across this routine. I will def incorporate this practice into my daily life. Thank you!

[@carolynmajewski8924]

I am 80 yeas old and have been going to physical therapy for a few weeks (which helps) but when I found you, I have been doing yoga every morning also. I am feeling so much better and am less stiff. Thank you for you.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Carolyn, How are you doing?

[@kalyndafollett47]

Thank you for a starting point and a safe sequence of exercises that I can complete, I was looking all over the internet and finally landed here with gentle exercise in a chair on KZbin.

[@maryp.mcclure257]

I am a morbidly obese, 380 lb individual. I never thought I could do yoga, but I LOVE this video. I find myself looking forward to doing it on my lunch break. It is challenging enough to be of use, but not overbearingly difficult.

[@LEAPService]

Thank you so much for your comment! We are so happy that this video has been useful for you. We are planning on uploading a Tai Chi video soon, so be on the look out for more material!

[@tessr8768]

Cara, I'm so happy to hear this. Looking forward to it. I've been doing the chair yoga every day for the past month and have noticed a positive difference in my joint pain and insomnia. Can't wait to try your floor mat routine as well.

[@lorainebilinski8217]

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[@excusesbegone]

Mary P. McClure Good for YOU!!

[@susanzibricky7381]

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[@user-lq3te2zb8g]

Wonderful. I like all the modification options for more or less challenge, sensation, etc. Thank you.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Amy, How are you doing?

[@mariestanley1819]

Wow, I really enjoyed that. I can feel that my body at 70 has been stretched and moved but not so much that I will be sore tomorrow. I am going to pin this to my bar so I can do it again and again until I need to move to harder stuff. thank you so much. xx

[@LEAPService]

Wonderful!

[@Skinnychelle48]

Wish I could buy this on DVD. Awesome!

[@leenamunge7954]

I really liked all the yoga exercises shown trust the backache will heal with these exercises. Thanks

[@terryyeatman4754]

I have been practicing your yoga exercises for about 40 days now and I am so grateful. I spend my days now walking tall, with confidence and feel strong. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@LEAPService]

That is fantastic! We are thrilled that you have found this video useful. Good for you for sticking with it long enough to start noticing the benefits. We have just posted another video which is a gentle Tai Chi and Qi Gong sequence. Feel free to check it out here and let us know what you think: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppLCemiEdrSKas0

[@williamchilders3543]

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[@Mary-yd4hl]

Really think this chair yoga is one of the best.

[@jeandavies4708]

I love this routine it’s helping with my mobility issues due to health problems thank you

[@benanddaboys]

Thanks for a beautiful gentle practice, the women were great & so was the music & your gentle voice.

[@bmwatt2151]

Your Yoga has literally SAVED our lives. Thank you, Thank You, Thank you!!💙💜

[@OpenDoorYogaSLC]

LEAP creates such wonderful yoga classes!!

[@bgummeson]

I started doing this routine a couple of weeks ago, with the goal of easing back into exercise safely and avoiding injuries that could result in an ER visit during a very inopportune time. You could say that COVID-19 led me here! I end my every-morning session feeling relaxed and refreshed and strong. My posture and breathing and attitude are noticeably improved throughout the day. Well done, ladies! Thank you!

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Brenda, How are you doing?

[@lifeartimages]

What a great video! Loved the break for yoga.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Kim, How are you doing?

[@dalebritt9652]

Good work ladies, this is needed by many!

[@salal2007]

***THANK YOU***!!! I'm almost moved after I found this video and just did the seated routine... Many years ago I did therapeutic yoga in Vancouver,(I'm a Can. Citizen, but born in South America where I had to come back for family reasons) - I'm a Senior, over 70, with major depression and severely out of shape and with pains and impairments of all kinds, away from any resources other than internet - so I rely very much on videos and podcasts. I've found some good gentle exercises, but never a full modified yoga routine with familiar instructions - which brought me right back to my beloved Canada, hearing the accent, the gentleness and consideration of the instructor -- brought me back to the voice of my Iyengar teachers of years back, who wisely reminded people to work at our own pace and limitations. I made myself a promise to do this every day - and I think it's going to help me recover a bit and get on -- you're giving me hope. Thank you so much, bless you!!!

[@LEAPService]

Thank you so much for your comment! It is amazing to hear how our video is being used all over the world. We appreciate hearing your story, and hope that you are still finding gentle yoga to be a helpful tool. We have recently added a Tai Chi and Qi Gong video. Feel free to check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppLCemiEdrSKas0

[@susangoddard8071]

This is ideal exercise for seniors who are self-isolating at present. Calm, gentle, effective and nothing in it to make you feel inadequate. Just brilliant.

[@gabrielsherry8250]

I teach chair Yoga on KZbin, and have watched this video several times. Using two people to demonstrate modifications is brilliant!

[@cherylwilliams42]

Thank you! It will be a part of our weekly schedule.

[@muratamary]

I've been doing this every day with my 93 year old mother in lockdown. It's ideal as, although she has limited mobility, she can do all the exercises. And for me it's a great stretch after a morning working from home at the computer. Thank you!!

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Mary, How are you doing?

[@strollby4800]

Found this site 5 months ago and was really enjoying the exercise but my activities were somewhat curtailed by having to undergo a triple by pass heart operation two months ago, but now well on the way to recovery and once again enjoying the exercises. I always feel so much better after the morning session and the stretching etc really does help to strengthen and adds a little suppleness to my old muscles and joints. A big thank you to the good people of Toronto rehab service.

[@dianahoo3648]

This is excellent. I have been teaching yoga for 11 years. I teach at least one chair class a week. Watching other chair classes inspires and freshens my classes. This one is wonderful.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Deanna, How are you doing?

[@sheilagaleano365]

Thank you : ) did for first time.... did first 10 minutes for a starter. Saved and subscribed : )

[@shellycalbreath4126]

This routine is amazing. Much better for me than the gym chair yoga class that moved quickly and was not soothing. A million thanks.

[@terryyeatman3513]

This is the best chair yoga routine I wake up with a achy back every morning and this routine eliminates all the pain for the day

[@gmom08]

I came upon this video a few years ago and absolutely love it. Thank you for sharing.

[@karengresham6483]

I love chair yoga! I have lots of inflammatory issues and can’t do standing or laying on my back poses. This is perfect! Thank you! I love how soothing this is!

[@kennethvogt9379]

I have dearly missed yoga since a stroke paralyzed my right side three years ago. This routine was terrific! I didn't do it all perfectly. Who ever does an entire yoga routine perectly anyway? But I did pretty darn good. It looks like I have a new daily practice.

[@EviesAnnee]

I'm 68 and have a drop foot and pain from nerve damage so standing exercises are very difficult for me. This was helpful in releasing muscle tension while meditating on Jesus through each pose after riding my stationary recumbent bike. It brought me into a peaceful state for the day. Thank you. I'll use this one again for sure.

[@rosannabonfilio8237]

I love this routine! Not only does it give me something to do inside while social distancing, it's surprisingly energizing. Thanks.

[@cindyharlan4507]

Day 2, I Love this video. The music the constant reminder to breath. I am 57 yes old, 159 lbs size 18. In a lot of pain. But video is helping in so many ways. I also like the ending to relax and Breath. Thank you to whom ever created this video.

[@nicoletatreau8115]

I've been getting really depressed. I hurt my hip in 2018 and the doctors are finally saying my hip is shot and because of Covid there is a 5-8 month waiting list for hip replacement surgery. My right knee i was told had a torn meniscus that was last July. It is something much more because I was relying on my right side its bone to bone and it is excruciating. I was feeling sorry for myself because now I have to mentally prepare myself to just get out of bed. I walk like im 80 and I have to live with this and I just turned 51 and my whole life ive loved working out or taking a 5 mile walk. I came across these videos today and they were made by people who know about and work with chronic pain. It felt so good to do an arm workout in a chair (I can't stand to long) gentle chair yoga and now I'm going to watch something about strengthening your hip flexor. Boy have i really gotten out of shape but am so grateful i came across these. Feels so damn good to just move!

[@LEAPService]

We are so glad you are moving!! Keep up the great work, and thanks for sharing a bit of your journey. We wish you well.

[@844184411]

My husband and I who are seniors do this chair yoga routine every morning. We tried many others, however this one is definitely the best. Really helps us stay limber and reduces the kinks in our bodies. So pleased we found this video. Thank you Cara & Allison.

[@angelatocher2828]

Really enjoy your sessions. Would love to see more.

[@indieb8]

This was a great yoga video. I have hip issues and this offered enough exercises for me.

[@lindamaxted1662]

This is a great class. Very easy to follow and I always feel good when completed.

[@tomdavison7169]

Perfect for a shared seated yoga group! Use it often!

[@karenlarson6451]

Unable to go to my group workouts. Forgot how great this chair yoga was to start my day! Thank you.

[@awelshwannabe1]

Music with this gentle yoga brings me back daily. Its mesmerizing sound, gentle movements with breathing reminders are so familiar to my younger experience ❤

[@happinessyogateacher]

Great 👍 idea to have the TWO versions side by side. Very helpful for me, an instructor, to get different perspectives and some new moves, like standing bicycle. Thank you! :-) 🙏

[@entertaichi]

Great video, thanks so much for sharing!

[@noreenfassler6641]

I had my hip replaced just days before the lockdown, and did not go in for PT. Needless to say, recovery was much slower and more painful than my previous hip replacement. I happened upon your chair yoga videos a couple months ago, and have been doing one of them each morning. I just love it - and hate when I miss I day. Thank you so much!

[@sylviabailey]

I'm so happy that i found you. It's a great video, perfect to get me moving again.Blessings and thanks to you all.

[@ej9404]

Thank you for your good video. I love those exercises. God Bless. USA follower

[@laniermaudlin2746]

Excellent routine !

[@kellycasey5]

Thank you for sharing this video. FINALLY a chair routine that is gentle. Wonderful to find an activity that I can do with my physical limitations.

[@yvonnesmith4819]

So glad I found this video. Very good an easy to follow.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Yvonne, How are you doing?

[@aliciawilliams8966]

Love this! I have been doing this daily for a couple of weeks. It has helped greatly with my overall well being including mild anxiety issues. Thank you so much.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Alicia, How are you doing?

[@roneprinz9621]

After trying out several chair yoga videos, I keep going back to this one. I Love the music, it keeps me wanting to do more. I have been doing this first thing in the morning daily for a month now and find I have improved immensley in this short time. After being out of shape for a few years this is the perfect practice for me to get me going again!! I also do the mat video after for extra stretch. Thank you Cara and Alison!!!

[@brandedblue8669]

Love this! It's making such a difference in my body. Definitely recommend!

[@mariannereynolds1958]

Wonderful, relaxing routine

[@geraldinevaughn8435]

Great yoga session! Thanks

[@geezergirl14]

This was very nice. Works perfectly with my out of shape body and arthritis. thank you

[@johnmontgomery9136]

thanks, Steph . . . very motivational!!

[@dogsareprecious4842]

Thank you for such a great video !!!!

[@rosettafazio7885]

love this after a dance workout. thank you both!!

[@vikielaliberte8861]

One of the best for me. Like the seated/standing combos and choices if a pose isn't comfortable. Thank you.

[@susanshaw4208]

Love this. Thanks so much. I have fibromyalgia, arthritis, type 1 diabetes and chronic pain. This is so easy there are no excuses not to get going and it feels so good!

[@gptach]

Omgosh i saw your comment and said wait did i see this video already? You are exactly my issues.

[@Sunflower-ej9xd]

This video is very nice and feel energized! ! Thank you!!

[@btcrazee1]

I love this.I can't get in the floor and these are perfect. Thank you!!!

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Debra, How are you doing?

[@louisevalin4647]

Excellent gentle and calming yoga video for beginners and intermediates and seniors. Love it.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Louise, How are you doing?

[@solarwindlass]

Thanks for this. I've tried it once, and I plan to do it daily whenever possible. I was struck with acute onset inflammatory polyarthritis two and a half months ago, and went from being active, flexible, strong and fit to practically immobilized. My meds have now wrecked my sleep. But I can do the mildest form of this routine before bedtime, and maybe in the middle of the night I can try some of the poses while seated on the edge of my bed. I am grateful to be able to do yoga again.

[@kimmartin1439]

Thank you so much!!! I feel so much better! With my disability I didn't think I could do anything.

[@dollieschuster9106]

I do not have cancer. I have sciatica through both legs. This video is a huge help for me.

[@schoolhousemusic]

Thank you ladies! This was an outstanding yoga session. Being able to use a chair helps me so much with balance issues and makes me not afraid to try the yoga poses. I feel great after doing this!

[@dianemcdonald3096]

Have been missing my Chair Yoga class terribly since Quarantine. I have been doing it 3 days a week for a bout 8 years. I do quite a bit out of the chair and I am thrilled with your classes. I can adjust them. Your instructors are Brilliant!. Thank you, I will survive this lockdown!

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Diane, How are you doing?

[@bevbealer4448]

Great chair yoga! Very gentle on my back problems! Thank you!

[@Sentientpotatoh]

This is one of my absolute favorite yoga videos. I come back to it whenever I need a reliable practice or if I'm experiencing pain or fatigue. Right now I'm 3 mos postpartum and experiencing sciatica pain and this felt so good to start my day with this while baby naps. Thank you!!

[@sarahsummers8920]

I’ve just discovered this and Cara’s other yoga video! And I’m so glad - both gentle, adaptable, easy and you can feel the stretch!!! Thanks Cara!!!

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Sarah, How are you doing?

[@joanbroughton1122]

Recovering from abdominal surgery. This video is just right to get me moving gently.

[@delinaahoushekar950]

NAT class makes us watch this everyday... yay

[@varyakern3256]

wow same

[@michaelfruin6895]

My wife and I love your videos. We alternated between 4 different ones on a daily basis. We are elderly and find the stretching and strengthening help us sty more flexible as we both have back problems and arthritis, they are quite helpful. Thank you.

[@carolbergen5929]

So much better than I imagined. Thank you.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Carol, How are you doing?

[@maureenfrancis64]

I had a TKR in the summer and got an infection. The prosthesis was removed in November and a knee spacer is in place. I am a yoga teacher but I’m still finding it very hard to exercise or even walk. These exercises are very doable. I still use props and make some modifications though. I have a long recovery ahead, so I’m so happy to have found this video.

[@carolannmurillo2706]

Enjoyed your presentation and participated this morning. Even with a knee is need of surgery, I was able to do these movements with little modification on the standing movements. Thank you!

[@lindacubitoso9184]

Fantastic! Thank you for this. Its going on my channel of favorite workouts. A lot of the chair yoga routines are just simple stretches but this program makes me feel like I'm actually doing yoga poses. I have chronic back pain and am in need of a hip replacement, plus I have osteroarthritis in many joints and fibromyalgia. I could do this every morning.

[@LEAPService]

You're so welcome! Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@jessaleeturcotte]

I started doing chair yoga after working out and wow I feel so good and way less sore thank you cara

[@maureenfrancis64]

Thank you for a wonderful chair assisted routine.

[@LEAPService]

You're so welcome!

[@jctyoga]

Excellent practice, thank you.

[@strollby4800]

excellent, the wife and I are in our seventies and found this video really helpful. Gentle, with no worries of toppling over etc. The music and voice over were relaxing and the young ladies presenting the video did so in a most enjoyable way. Thanks

[@stuartwoodcock9780]

WOW This helps me feel better

[@marib8038]

This was a wonderful chair routine for my physicial limits, of back , hips and legs. It was very gentle and very easy to follow, and appreciated the two people as models, so I could follow the one that would work for me. Thank you so very much for your help, I will tune in regularly. Namaste.

[@terryyeatman4754]

Hi again well I have done this for a week now and it is really helping in the am to loosen up and relieve morning back pain and I am good for the entire day.

[@creolenatchitoches7832]

Finally, some yoga that truly takes into consideration achy and painful joints. Some days, I feel I can do almost anything and other high inflammation days, I need very gentle treatment. Sometimes, I can't get down on the floor. Thank you for this. Subscribed!!!

[@glendacarper8452]

This is my first time using this video. It was great to have some instruction during this time when our YMCA is closed. Thanks for this quiet stretch. Glenda Carper

[@sheilalyda231]

Thank you so much! I have osteoarthritis plus degenerative disk disease: 2 of the C's, 2 of the S's, and 3 of the L's. I'm also pre-osteoporosis and have developed scoliosis. And I have nerve damage in my knee which keeps me from being able to get on my knees. I love yoga but all the routines I used to do required getting on the knees part of the time. I love this routine! It gives me the workout and relaxation and energy I need. And I'm thrilled that it's created by professionals.

[@byeteaching]

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[@RaraAvis1138]

Right?? You sound like me and im so glad i found this video. I hope you are doing really good🌱🌿

[@rosalieridle9970]

Thank you ladies! This is the very best chair yoga I have found!!❤

[@barbaraballard2468]

Exactly what I was looking for Cara Kircher. Thank you so much!

[@lindacasteel5470]

This is just what I need right now thank you so much. I will share more after I have been doing it for a few days.

[@callumnye2562]

Hello Linda, How are you doing?