You’ve seen just how your yoga classes positively impact your students. However, beyond your usual vinyasa flow class lies an entire population that are in need of your service too.

A niche client base

Yoga continues to grow in popularity and as more people connect with yoga there are more teachers offering the same style of yoga to the same students. To stand out as a Yoga Teacher and attract enough students for a sustainable and rewarding teacher career, it is essential to have 1-3 niches or ‘ideal student’ groups that your classes, branding and marketing focus on.

Often a students first impression of yoga is often that you need to be fit and flexible to do yoga and as yoga teachers, we feel that “Yoga is for everyone”, if you live by that mantra I think you will love teaching Chair Yoga and at the same time you are broadening your audience.

Chair Yoga Embodies “Yoga is for Everyone”

Chair yoga is yoga that is practised primarily whilst seated in a chair and is widely recognised for its accessibility. Traditional yoga asana, such as sun salutations, standing, seated, and reclined poses, can all be adapted for chair yoga. It is also excellent for joint mobility work and a gentle way to improve overall physical posture. 

Chair yoga was originally popularised for older people, people who experience limited mobility, are physically disabled, and neurodiverse populations who benefit from the support, movements, and sequencing unique to chair yoga.

Build a community

This is a very rewarding demographic to teach. As people progress through later stages of life, inactivity, loneliness, lack of community engagement can be challenging and detrimental to health.

Often, a person’s weekly Chair Yoga class can become the focal point of their week, as a chance to get out, to do something different, to exercise their body and mind and connect with like-minded souls. This makes for loyal and committed students and a very rewarding experience for all.

As Teachers of Yoga, our job is to make the wonders of Yoga accessible to all. When you first qualified, you wanted to change the world! Ignite that flame and share your knowledge with a population waiting to hear from you!

Develop your knowledge

If you feel inspired now to add Chair Yoga to your Yoga Teacher skills then my new book “Teaching Chair Yoga” will support and inspire you to share the teachings of yoga safely and effectively with this growing population.

This book is equivalent to a 5 day CPD course and will give you all the confidence you need to share Chair Yoga within your community.