Chair Yoga
Teacher Training

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Learn the rewarding and beneficial work of teaching  creative, safe, and appropriate chair yoga classes, including: 

• ​Teaching classes that combine chair work, mat, and/or wall postures
• pranayama and meditation
• the art of sequencing
• functional anatomy
• working with students with special needs, injuries, and health conditions
• gentle assists and appropriate touch

Often, people come to Chair Yoga classes because they have mobility issues, very common as we age, of course, as well as with conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, joint replacements, stiffness and other often age-related or chronic medical conditions. Chair yoga is an appropriate practice for anyone needing a gentle approach to yoga, as well as the support of a chair. 

Time and time again, participants are amazed at how the yoga makes them feel in their bodies – they notice more mobility and relaxation after just one session.

This training focuses on teaching chair yoga classes, as well as classes that combine both chair and mat yoga classes. You will learn how to teach people with different levels of mobility and health issues in an inclusive and safe way.

We will discuss in detail the most common health issues we see among students who attend chair yoga classes, including high blood pressure, Parkinson’s Disease, previous stroke, joint replacement, partial hearing and sight loss, arthritis, osteoporosis and poor balance.
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This is an 10 hour program. 

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Schedule & Location

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​May 31, June 1, 2

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Classes held at:
Two Dog Yoga
12549 28th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98125

Saturday 2-8pm
Sunday 1-6pm

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Tuition

$350 + $45 for the manual

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About Jodi

In 2001, while teaching yoga at the YMCA, Jodi met a student with Parkinson’s Disease. His doctor had advised him to try yoga. Because of the severity of his Parkinson’s, it wasn’t the best fit for him to be in a group class setting. At that time, Jodi was a new teacher and was unfamiliar with Parkinson’s Disease and the benefits yoga could have. But, she believed in yoga and knew there must be benefits, so she began researching, and later began working privately with the student in his home. Over the months that Jodi met with him, she was amazed at how much he looked forward to the sessions. He relaxed during the sessions, and was able to practice a full chair yoga sequence that was tailored to meet his needs. Some years later, Jodi lived in Bend, and while there, began teaching yoga to seniors at the local senior center. In 2013, Jodi completed the Silver Age Yoga Teacher Training. Since 2014, Jodi has offered her Senior Yoga Teacher Training as part of a 500-hour teacher training program at Spirit Yoga in Osaka, Japan. Today, Jodi frequently teaches yoga to seniors living at University House in Wallingford, as well as privately.