Chair Yoga Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance CEU’s available) is a 15-hour training (w/breaks built into that time) with Mimi Budnick. Chair Yoga is incredibly versatile and opens up the possibility for more people to participate and benefit from yoga. Mimi has been teaching chair yoga, multiple times a week, for the last ten years and has learned so much through that process and through conversations and feedback from her students. She is excited to share the knowledge she’s gleaned with Yoga Teachers that are interested in expanding their offerings and opening up the practice to more people.

This training will cover:

·       The benefits of Chair Yoga.

·       Challenges to common beliefs and stigmas around Chair Yoga.

·       Safety Considerations.

·       Scope of Practice: Working with special needs, diagnoses and conditions.

·       Sequencing and creating a well-balanced, holistic practice.

·       Props, timing, and setting.

·       Creating an inclusive space where everyone feels welcome and safe.

The Schedule:

Friday: 6:00-9:00pm

Saturday: 12:30-6:30pm

Sunday: 12:00-5:00pm

Final Project, due by 6/30: record a 45 minute class and submit to me for feedback.

Your Teacher:

Mimi Budnick (ERYT 200, YACEP) has been teaching yoga since 2009. Throughout her career as a yoga teacher, Mimi has prioritized accessibility and has worked to open up the practice of yoga to audiences that have felt excluded or marginalized in yoga spaces.  This commitment stems from her own experience trying to find her way in yoga spaces as a larger bodied, queer person, living with chronic pain.

 As a long-time social justice activist and organizer, she approaches her work with an anti-oppression and abolitionist lens. What this looks like in practice is a deep commitment to accessibility that applies to everything from offering sliding scale classes, language and cueing that is inclusive, and classes that are welcoming to bodies of all shapes, sizes, and mobility.  Mimi's yoga practice and teaching are driven by a belief that individual healing and wellness is important and vital work that needs to accompany our work towards collective health and liberation.

The Cost/Investment:

Details: sliding scale $225-350