Senior Chair Yoga & fun with bean bags - 45 to 60 minutes group class
10 benefits of chair yoga
1. Help protect out joints:
a. strengthens our connective tissues, muscles & tendons.
b. regular practise helps to maintain joint mobility - prevent stiffness, help joints to be more flexible.
2. Help with blood pressure
a. can lower our blood pressure through movement exercises.
b. reducing stress levels through breathing and relaxation techniques - support healthy blood pressure.
3. Stiffness
a. Yoga stretches when practiced regularly help to increase and enhance:
- flexibility
- range of motion
- everyday movements: walking, sitting, standing become easier and more comfortable
4. Improve sensory loss
a. Yoga movements help to improve blood flow through the nervous system - better communication between the body and brain.
b. regular movements enhance proprioception (knowing where our body is in space)
5. Posture
a. chair poses help to strengthen the muscles in the upper back and shoulders.
b. Yoga poses also help to protect and strengthen abdominal muscles - aiding in better posture for sitting and standing.
6. Digestion
a. regular movement increases blood flow to the digestive organs - assists with overall health of digestive system.
b. practising yoga activates the parasympathetic nervous system - controls our 'rest and digest' function.
7. Improve muscle and bone weakness
a. regular practice of yoga poses help to:
- strengthen muscles and bones through static poses
- enhance coordination and mobility through more dynamic movement based postures
8. Strengthen immune system
a. stretching, breathing help to reduce stress - this can boost the immune system
b. practicing yoga poses aids in enhancing and maintaining the function of many organs - improved overall health and wellbeing.
9. Balancing autonomic nervous system (ANS)
a. yoga poses help to balance the ANS through physical movement, relaxation and breathing techniques.
b. helps regulate both the sympathetic (fight-or-flight), and parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) - better overall health and wellbeing.
10. Helps to regulate the Endocrine system (network of glands and organs that regulates many bodily functions.
a. regular practice of yoga helps to increase blood flow around the body, support gland function and stimulate hormone secretion.
b. chair yoga also helps to reduce stress in the body - positive effect on our mood, metabolism and energy.
5 benefits of fun bean bag exercises
1. Enhance body awareness through using the sensory system - reducing the risk of falls
2. Stimulate left and right brain hemispheres - improved brain function
3. Help to release tension and anxiety - calm the nervous system.
4. Social interaction through partner exercises.
5. Improve motor and hand-eye coordination.
1. Help protect out joints:
a. strengthens our connective tissues, muscles & tendons.
b. regular practise helps to maintain joint mobility - prevent stiffness, help joints to be more flexible.
2. Help with blood pressure
a. can lower our blood pressure through movement exercises.
b. reducing stress levels through breathing and relaxation techniques - support healthy blood pressure.
3. Stiffness
a. Yoga stretches when practiced regularly help to increase and enhance:
- flexibility
- range of motion
- everyday movements: walking, sitting, standing become easier and more comfortable
4. Improve sensory loss
a. Yoga movements help to improve blood flow through the nervous system - better communication between the body and brain.
b. regular movements enhance proprioception (knowing where our body is in space)
5. Posture
a. chair poses help to strengthen the muscles in the upper back and shoulders.
b. Yoga poses also help to protect and strengthen abdominal muscles - aiding in better posture for sitting and standing.
6. Digestion
a. regular movement increases blood flow to the digestive organs - assists with overall health of digestive system.
b. practising yoga activates the parasympathetic nervous system - controls our 'rest and digest' function.
7. Improve muscle and bone weakness
a. regular practice of yoga poses help to:
- strengthen muscles and bones through static poses
- enhance coordination and mobility through more dynamic movement based postures
8. Strengthen immune system
a. stretching, breathing help to reduce stress - this can boost the immune system
b. practicing yoga poses aids in enhancing and maintaining the function of many organs - improved overall health and wellbeing.
9. Balancing autonomic nervous system (ANS)
a. yoga poses help to balance the ANS through physical movement, relaxation and breathing techniques.
b. helps regulate both the sympathetic (fight-or-flight), and parasympathetic (rest-and-digest) - better overall health and wellbeing.
10. Helps to regulate the Endocrine system (network of glands and organs that regulates many bodily functions.
a. regular practice of yoga helps to increase blood flow around the body, support gland function and stimulate hormone secretion.
b. chair yoga also helps to reduce stress in the body - positive effect on our mood, metabolism and energy.
5 benefits of fun bean bag exercises
1. Enhance body awareness through using the sensory system - reducing the risk of falls
2. Stimulate left and right brain hemispheres - improved brain function
3. Help to release tension and anxiety - calm the nervous system.
4. Social interaction through partner exercises.
5. Improve motor and hand-eye coordination.
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