1/10/2024 0 Comments Chair yoga sequence for seniorsMake sure both sitting bones are supported by the seat of the chair.Turn to sit sideways in your chair with your left hip resting against the back of the chair and both feet flat on the floor.Let your spine grow tall energetically lift up through the crown of your head.Let your pelvis tip slightly forward so your tailbone lifts off the chair and your hip points move slightly toward the floor. If not, walk your hips back or lean to one side and pull the flesh of your butt behind you with your hand on both sides. Rock back and forth and side to side and see if you can feel your sitting bones (the two bony points on the bottom of your pelvis) pressing into the chair.You can embody your power and reclaim the space you take up in the world. After you try it, I hope you feel more comfortable in your skin, more grounded and peaceful in your mind, and aware that wellness is available to you, just as you are. I created this fully seated chair yoga sequence to help you get started with the practice, no matter your body type, physical ability, age, or experience level. We can disconnect our desire to move from a motivation to change the body, and instead, honor the body we bring to the yoga mat today. The tools of yoga help us to connect with our physical bodies and have a positive experience of joyful, mindful movement. In my experience, the practice of yoga (including the physical postures, breathing techniques, and mindfulness meditation) goes hand in hand with radical self-acceptance and making peace with your body. It looks different for all of us, but every human being deserves to find practices and self-care techniques that help bring us into balance and let us feel our best. These messages are a lie! Wellness is our birthright. But when you’re not Yoga Barbie and you only ever see images of wellness that look like her, it sends a strong message: You’re not well, you can’t be well unless you look like this, you must change yourself before you can practice yoga, yoga spaces aren’t for you, and so on. She deserves to move through the world in the body she’s got and get the same dignity, respect, and care that all human beings deserve. I have to say it: There’s actually nothing wrong with Yoga Barbie. Instead of feeling inspired, we see Yoga Barbie and feel discouraged, alienated, or like yoga is not for us. Because contemporary yoga culture has been influenced by systems of oppression like capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy, and diet culture, yoga marketing is just like any other marketing: It depicts folks who fit traditional standards of beauty. She’s white, thin, young, cisgender, female, traditionally “able-bodied,” and wealthy (i.e., she’s usually wearing expensive clothing or doing a handstand on a beach somewhere). Marketing images of yoga project an unrealistic concept of who yoga belongs to, and usually that’s someone I like to call Yoga Barbie. As the founder of Body Positive Yoga and a fat woman working full time in the fitness industry, I hear from folks all the time who want to try yoga, but think that their body is not right for yoga. At first glance, you can tell that I am not your typical yoga teacher.
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