The 3 Pieces of Equipment That Give the Best Chair Yoga Experience
Hold up, you mean I need to invest to use a chair for yoga? You actually don't need anything apart from the chair you have, but there are things that can help make the experience more comfortable and even more enjoyable.
You don't often hear the word enjoyable mentioned in a conversation about exercise, but there you go.
Chair yoga can be enjoyable, and the following list helps to make that experience a reality for you.
1) The Clothing you wear If you're practicing chair yoga at your dining room table, feel free to wear pyjamas.
The most comfortable clothing you have, wear them for the exercises.
Sweat pants with an elasticized waistband allow for plenty of movement.
If you're wear trousers with a belt, you can just as easily loosen it for comfort when you're sitting and moving.
As for what to wear on your feet, that one's simple.
Take your shoes off and do it barefoot.
If you're prone to cold feet and prefer to keep your socks on, then toe socks are handy to wear as it lets you see your feet and toes as you're moving them around as some of the exercise focus primarily on working out the toe muscle and ankles.
2) The Yoga Mat If you're doing chair yoga in the kitchen with a tiled, or vinyl floor, the yoga mat will be essential to prevent the chair from sliding around.
Use the yoga mat to support your chair, to help it support you better.
For any standing yoga poses where the chair is used to support your balance and you don't have a yoga mat, be sure to place the chair against a wall so it isn't likely to slide away from you.
3) The Yoga Block, Bolster or a Small Stool To make sure your feet are always flat to the floor surface, you can use a yoga block, or a bolster by placing on the ground so you can rest your feet on them and keep them flat throughout each different exercise.
The Chair to Use Matters The best chairs to use for yoga are those with a flat back and no wheels on them.
Folding chairs work best as they don't have sidearms, but any dining room chair will do.
Chairs with side arms aren't as beneficial, but you can adapt different positions as a work around quite easily.
You don't often hear the word enjoyable mentioned in a conversation about exercise, but there you go.
Chair yoga can be enjoyable, and the following list helps to make that experience a reality for you.
1) The Clothing you wear If you're practicing chair yoga at your dining room table, feel free to wear pyjamas.
The most comfortable clothing you have, wear them for the exercises.
Sweat pants with an elasticized waistband allow for plenty of movement.
If you're wear trousers with a belt, you can just as easily loosen it for comfort when you're sitting and moving.
As for what to wear on your feet, that one's simple.
Take your shoes off and do it barefoot.
If you're prone to cold feet and prefer to keep your socks on, then toe socks are handy to wear as it lets you see your feet and toes as you're moving them around as some of the exercise focus primarily on working out the toe muscle and ankles.
2) The Yoga Mat If you're doing chair yoga in the kitchen with a tiled, or vinyl floor, the yoga mat will be essential to prevent the chair from sliding around.
Use the yoga mat to support your chair, to help it support you better.
For any standing yoga poses where the chair is used to support your balance and you don't have a yoga mat, be sure to place the chair against a wall so it isn't likely to slide away from you.
3) The Yoga Block, Bolster or a Small Stool To make sure your feet are always flat to the floor surface, you can use a yoga block, or a bolster by placing on the ground so you can rest your feet on them and keep them flat throughout each different exercise.
The Chair to Use Matters The best chairs to use for yoga are those with a flat back and no wheels on them.
Folding chairs work best as they don't have sidearms, but any dining room chair will do.
Chairs with side arms aren't as beneficial, but you can adapt different positions as a work around quite easily.
