Gentle Chair Yoga Routine - 25 minutes
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- čas přidán 13. 04. 2014
- Developed by the therapists in the Chronic Pain Service (now called the LEAP Service) at Toronto Rehab, UHN. This 25 minute chair yoga routine was created to provide you with a gentle exercise option that is chronic pain friendly. Remember that finding ways to keep moving everyday is one of the best ways to manage your pain!
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Legal Disclaimer: This video does not replace physical therapy or exercises prescribed by a medical professional. This video does not replace nor should you construe it as medical advice. Talk to your health care team before starting this or any other exercise program. Do not do exercises that are beyond your fitness or ability level. Have someone with you for the first few exercise sessions. Stop an exercise if it causes pain or too much discomfort. Seek medical attention if pain or discomfort persists. Never ignore or delay seeking medical advice because of anything said or done in this video. There are risks in any exercise program. University Health Network, Toronto Rehab, LEAP Service is not responsible or liable for any harm, loss, medical problems or other consequences you may suffer or cause resulting from the use of this video or reliance on information provided in this video.
i have suffered from chronic neck and lower back pain since a really bad accident 2 years ago - i had to relearn to stand and walk - with no help offered by the medical services - i am over 60 so i am invisible - this looks to be exactly what i am after rather than drugs - my lower back pain has even prevented me from the 1/2 marathon walks i used to so enjoy every week - i am now obese and my doctor is convinced all i do is stuff pies and cakes and creamed confectionery into my mouth - i dont - i am nearly vegetarian in fact and have never done the sweet food trail - so thanks in advance for providing these simple chair exercises and i look forward to being able to go on my 1/2 marathon walks again - p.s. i wont rush i will take my time and build my strength
I’m 66 and this has become my morning routine as a moving meditation. Soothing voice and nice music.🎵
I love this routine. I am recovering from spinal surgery of 5 months ago and this routine is perfect for me.
This video is great! Thank you for posting it to CZcams.
Best chair yoga practice I've ever encountered. Really appreciate having two versions. Thank you for sharing this with the world.
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.
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!
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.
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Mary P. McClure Good for YOU!!
Tess R r
OMG, thank you! This is the only yoga video I can actually follow.
Excellent routine. Easy to do. Immediate benefits. I follow this routine several times a week.
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!
Enjoyed the. Vidio I am 86years old retired Occupational Therapist at present in lockdown (1month) discovered the pleasure of following you
I’ve been doing yoga for 50 years and still found this a very satisfying class.
Just did it again a year later. Still one of my favourite routines.
Still returning to this video.
Still doing this one. Thank you.
Did it again this morning with the Atlantic Ocean in the foreground. Still a favourite class of mine.
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.
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.
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
Wonderful!
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 CZcams.
So happy I came across this routine. I will def incorporate this practice into my daily life. Thank you!
I love this routine! Not only does it give me something to do inside while social distancing, it's surprisingly energizing. Thanks.
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!
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.
This greatly relieved my neck pain in just two weeks. Amazing!
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!
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!
My 85 year old wife would ask me to turn on the pink ladies whenever she wanted to do the gentle yoga routine. Unfortunately she passed away two weeks after her last routine. It is now a few months later and I have started the routine which brings back memories of my wife. Thank you the pink ladies Cara and Alioson.
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!!
Hello Mary, How are you doing?
Marvelous Exercices
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.
Hello Carolyn, How are you doing?
Recovering from abdominal surgery. This video is just right to get me moving gently.
This was a great stretch. Being in quarantine and 6 months after a total knee replacement, these were stretches that I could complete. Thank you
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!
Omgosh i saw your comment and said wait did i see this video already? You are exactly my issues.
Thank you! It will be a part of our weekly schedule.
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.
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: czcams.com/video/pa_I5NAOW4k/video.html
Terry Yeatman /
Really think this chair yoga is one of the best.
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.
Another beautiful chair yoga sequence! They are some of my favorite classes to film as well. Thank you for sharing this practice with us❤
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!
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.
NAT class makes us watch this everyday... yay
wow same
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!!!
Hello Sarah, How are you doing?
Exactly what I was looking for Cara Kircher. Thank you so much!
love this & love your chimes, so relaxing, thank you!
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.
Love this Video!
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.
Hello Deanna, How are you doing?
Cara & Allison...... I love "our" chair yoga ❤️ Thank You Judy
Hello Judy, How are you doing?
This is wonderful! I am rehabbing a torn calf muscle and am new to chair yoga. This really helps and feels great!
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!
Love it❤learned some new poses❤ill try with my seniors yoga groups❤
I teach chair Yoga on CZcams, and have watched this video several times. Using two people to demonstrate modifications is brilliant!
This video has a lot going for it. 25 minutes is doable, I feel stretched out and my muscles feel warmed up for the day. Chronic pain and nerve damage as well as arthritis in knees and other areas keep me from regular yoga. This video also gets right to the point, Not a lot of chatter and just enough direction.
Hello Irene, How are you doing?
Thank You for sharing 🥰
Thank you, Cara and Allison, this has really helped my neck. When I started I could not turn my neck 90 degrees and it made a grinding noise. Now I can turn it fine, with much less pain, and can hardly notice any noise in my neck. Thank you.
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!
Hello Brenda, How are you doing?
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.
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!!!
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! :-) 🙏
Thank you so much!!! I feel so much better! With my disability I didn't think I could do anything.
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!
Music with this gentle yoga brings me back daily. Its mesmerizing sound, gentle movements with breathing reminders are so familiar to my younger experience ❤
I am new to yoga, and knew that I would never been able to get up off the floor:) I tried a couple of videos and this one is by far my very favorite. It is just enough to stretch out all the muscles I want to help, without causing pain, although after 21 days, I can still feel the stretch. Thank you very much for making these videos available.
Thank you! Best chair yoga I've found so far.
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!!
Thanks for this relaxing moment. The students and I loved it.
Thank you Really needed that today. Missing my gym .Very relaxing.
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.
Love this! It's making such a difference in my body. Definitely recommend!
Perfect for a shared seated yoga group! Use it often!
***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!!!
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: czcams.com/video/pa_I5NAOW4k/video.html
I have just discovered chair yoga and am loving it! Good video.
I have FINALLY found a yoga routine that actually benefits me and I love everything about it. I can focus on this. I try to meditate all the time but this yoga video is perfect for me to meditate AND do yoga at the same time. Being mindful in the now moment is great for my soul THANK YOU ‼‼ THANK YOU ‼‼ 💜
Hello Diane, How are you doing?
Unable to go to my group workouts. Forgot how great this chair yoga was to start my day! Thank you.
Appreciate the girl on the left who gives a good idea of still exercising even if at a lesser level. Thank you for her beside the girl who is doing more extensive stretches.
Good work ladies, this is needed by many!
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.
Excellent practice, thank you.
Thank you for this soothing experience. feel good!!!
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.
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.
Hello Alicia, How are you doing?
Thank you so much for sharing and uploading this information! I suffer so much from pain and stiffness. This gives me hope. Many blessings!
Thanks man
Great chair yoga! Very gentle on my back problems! Thank you!
This is a great class. Very easy to follow and I always feel good when completed.
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.
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Right?? You sound like me and im so glad i found this video. I hope you are doing really good🌱🌿
Thank you very much! I am obese and wanted to start practising easy yoga, most of other routines are too difficult for me and even if they have the word "gentle" in the description they are not gentle or easy at all, but this one is really easy and ENJOYABLE, meaning I do not feel like I'm suffering doing this and I have no pain during or after I finish. I will be waiting for more gentle yoga/ chair yoga videos from you!
Thank you so much for your comment! We are so happy to hear that this video is gentle enough and enjoyable too! We have recently added a Tai Chi and Qi Gong exercise video - feel free to check it out here and let us know what you think: czcams.com/video/pa_I5NAOW4k/video.html
I love this routine it’s helping with my mobility issues due to health problems thank you
I came across your chair Yoga routines quite awhile ago, subscribed, and gave the routines I'd been doing a thumbs up but never added a comment. This video has helped me numerous times when experiencing either physical issues and/or a mental downer. Both of these needs are always satisfied, when I've completed your routine, especially, the acute mind body connection I'm able to achieve. Thanks so, LEAP!...Anastasia
This was a great yoga video. I have hip issues and this offered enough exercises for me.
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!!!
One of the best for me. Like the seated/standing combos and choices if a pose isn't comfortable. Thank you.
Thank you :) really nice and relaxing.
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
Thank you ladies! This is the very best chair yoga I have found!!❤
I agree with you Marie Stanley. I am going to do this daily as well.
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.
Excellent! Thank you so much!
I love this! I am rather sedentary, and this felt fabulous to do. I plan on doing this every day!
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.
I enjoyed following this exercise. Thank you for making it.
I started doing chair yoga after working out and wow I feel so good and way less sore thank you cara
Great video, thanks so much for sharing!
love this after a dance workout. thank you both!!
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
I sit all day and this is perfect!!! Thank you so much!! Much appreciated!
My grandson told me to start doing yoga for seniors a few days back doing this stay home time sitting. I feel much better already. Thanks so much 😍
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.
Your Yoga has literally SAVED our lives. Thank you, Thank You, Thank you!!💙💜
LEAP creates such wonderful yoga classes!!