Chair Yoga Teacher Training
Chair Yoga Training
october 18th-19th 2025
The Chair Yoga Teacher Training trains yoga teachers how to adapt the teachings of yoga for students with limited mobility or anyone looking for a gentle practice. Chair Yoga offers a supportive and accessible way for students of all ages and ability levels to enjoy the benefits of yoga.
Being able to teach yoga to a range of groups, abilities and bodies is so important to ensure yoga is inclusive and accessible. It also makes practical and financial sense, allowing you to offer more classes at different times of the day. Throughout the chair yoga training you’ll learn how to teach seated yoga, use the chair as a prop when standing and incorporate aspects of yoga that can easily be done seated into a class including pranayama and meditation. You’ll explore the needs of your students, including physical and health reasons that might require a seated yoga practice. Understanding and responding to this adds a sensitivity to your yoga teaching that feeds into all other classes you teach.
Training highlights
- Chair Yoga as Therapy and Medical Integration: Learn how to integrate yoga with medical and become the change you want to see. Chair yoga is currently being integrated into medical settings in the U.S as the number one form of Yoga Therapy, mirroring the Green lotus vision of how Yoga Therapy could evolve in Ireland. This would empower elderly and less mobile people to take control of their health, alongside medical.
- Foundations of Chair Yoga: Understand the principles and benefits of chair yoga, and how it can enhance flexibility, strength, and mental well-being for diverse populations.
- Sequencing and Class Design: Gain skills in creating balanced and engaging chair yoga sequences, tailored to the needs and abilities of your students.
- Adaptations and Modifications: Learn to adapt traditional yoga postures for the chair, ensuring safe and effective practice for seniors, individuals with disabilities, office workers, and those recovering from injuries.
- Breathwork and Meditation: How to integrate breathwork (pranayama) and meditation techniques into chair yoga classes to promote relaxation and mental clarity.
- Teaching Methodology: Develop your teaching style with practical tips on effective communication, student engagement, and creating an inclusive, supportive environment.
Meet Your Teacher
Carol Murphy is the founder and lead trainer with Green Lotus Yoga. She trained in Chair Yoga on the Soul of Yoga Yoga Therapy Training in the U.S and teaches Chair yoga weekly in her studio, Yogamoves, in Gort, with the Gort Active Retirement group and with Rosemount Nursing Home in Gort, Galway. She sees Chair yoga as a doorway into the therapeutic aspects of Yoga and loves to share these gifts with her community. She is passionate about making the teachings of yoga accessible to everyone and finding ways to help people of all ages, including the 60+ generation, to move, breathe and feel better about themselves. Carol is particularly inspired by the “Blue Zone” mentality, supporting middle-aged and elderly people to continue developing healthy movement patterns to support health.
Hybrid Training & Attendence Requirements
This training will take place in the Yogamoves studio in Gort, Galway, Ireland. We would love if you could make it to the studio, however qualified teachers can attend this training on Zoom or via recordings if they wish.
Suitability
- Yoga Teachers who want to learn how to teach Chair Yoga and and expand their student base.
- Yoga Teachers who support us in the vision of integrating yoga with medical and healthcare.
- Yoga Teachers who wish to support the over-60 population and help create a network of support and connection in their communities.
- Yoga Teachers who wish to develop their yoga therapy skills.
Accreditations
Registered Yoga Alliance Yoga School and Continued Education Provider
Pre-requisite
To attend this course, students should be a qualified yoga teacher or a trainee on another programme.
Investment
Full payment – €350
Early Bird – €300 before September 5th
