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Chair Yoga Diploma Course

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10 Modules

2 Videos

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What Will You Learn?

An adjusted form of the practice, chair yoga is more accessible – offering yoga's many benefits to a wider range of people. It's perfect for those with mobility issues, a disability or if you spend a lot of time sitting whilst in your place of work.

From this chair yoga for beginners course, you'll explore the practice's health benefits and who it can help. You'll learn about the precautions to consider and preparations to make before you start, along with basic stretches and warm-ups. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions guide you through chair yoga poses and three sequences. Two of these chair yoga sequences also include a demonstration video.

Learn what chair yoga is, the different types, its uses, and who helped to create this form of yoga. Explore chair yoga's physical and emotional benefits and who can gain the most from it.

We'll take you through the precautions to consider if you have hypermobility or osteoporosis. You'll learn how to modify some movements to customise them to your needs.

When undergoing any form of exercise, preparation is key. This chair yoga for beginners course explains how to set up your chair. You'll learn about useful props, adjustments you can make, and breathing exercises that will help you get the most from the practice. You'll learn specific chair yoga stretches that maximise your workouts and basic warm-ups that will help to get you started.

You'll follow illustrated, step-by-step guidance in many individual chair yoga poses. You'll also run through three full chair yoga sequences, two of which also include a demonstration video.

By studying this course, you will learn the following:

What chair yoga is and how it's used as a therapy
The physical and emotional benefits of chair yoga
Who can benefit the most from chair yoga
The precautions to take if you have hypermobility or osteoporosis
How to prepare for chair yoga
Basic stretches and warm-ups
Many chair yoga poses and their uses
Three chair yoga sequences (two of which include a demonstration video)

Who Would Benefit from This Course?

Yoga is for everyone, but for some, it can seem beyond their capability. It may be due to a disability, health condition, time constraints or the assumption that it's difficult. Chair yoga is an accessible form of exercise that removes such obstacles. It allows everyone to enjoy yoga's health and wellbeing benefits. This course is for anyone looking for a way to start yoga and lead a healthier, happier life.

Modules

Module 1: What is Chair Yoga?6 Parts

Part 1: An Introduction to Accessible Yoga
Part 2: Influential People in The Yoga World
Part 3: What is Chair Yoga Good For?
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment

Module 2: The Benefits of Chair Yoga5 Parts

Part 1: A Form of Exercise
Part 2: Emotional Benefits
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment

Module 3: Who Benefits From Chair Yoga?6 Parts

Part 1: Chair Yoga Can be Done by Anyone
Part 2: People who Wish to Manage their Weight
Part 3: Office Workers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment

Module 4: Chair Yoga Precautions5 Parts

Part 1: Listening to and Learning From the Body
Part 2: People With Hypermobility
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment

Module 5: Chair Yoga Preparations7 Parts

Part 1: Safety
Part 2: How to Set Yourself Up For Chair Yoga
Part 3: Props
Part 4: Making Adjustments
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Module 6: Stretching With Chair Yoga5 Parts

Part 1: The Benefits of Stretching
Part 2: Upper Body Stretches With Chair Yoga
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment

Module 7: Basic Warmups5 Parts

Part 1: Breathing Exercises
Part 2: Micro Warm up & Strengthening Exercises
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment

Module 8: Chair Yoga Poses Part I5 Parts

Part 1: Individual Chair Yoga Poses
Part 2: Chair Yoga Sequence
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment

Module 9: Chair Yoga Poses Part II5 Parts

Part 1: Practice Makes Perfect
Part 2: Second Chair Yoga Sequence
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment

Module 10: Chair Yoga Poses Part III6 Parts

Part 1: Mix up Your Yoga Practice
Part 2: Additional Chair Yoga Sequence
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment

Accreditations

The Chair Yoga Diploma Course will take up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course; it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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