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Yoga chairs are of course, chairs used for exercises for chair yoga, a fitness craze that has been sweeping across the ranks of senior citizens and people with low general mobility. Before we can discuss yoga chairs, we should first discuss the exercise for which yoga chairs are used: Chair Yoga.
Chair yoga, is the gentlest form of yoga. It makes use of yoga chairs (basically any sturdy chair that doesn't move). The student uses the chair for support, to stand on, or for sitting- whatever a particular exercise demands at a certain time.
It is not a traditional form of yoga and consequently may not be seen as "real" yoga by some practitioners. The Asanas, or yoga stances and exercises are by and large, derived from Hatha Yoga.
Chair yoga is widely practiced in retirement homes, adult day-care centers, and senior fitness centers. This has led to the perception that chair yoga is only for senior citizens and that chair yoga was developed only for them.
On the contrary, anyone can practice chair yoga if they are so inclined. There are chair yoga students of all ages and all the spectrum of capabilities who use the practice to be able to reap some of its benefits. Conditions helped by chair yoga are numerous, from depression to hypertension, from vertigo to carpal tunnel syndrome.
Between Yoga Chairs and Asanas
Yoga chairs are used in the facilitating of the Asanas the students take. These yoga chairs are particularly important for chair yoga practitioners who suffer from disabilities or mobility problems.
Chairs will help the student keep balance, prevent them from exerting undue effort, and keep them from experiencing strain that they would otherwise feel if they were to eschew the use of yoga chairs. Many Asanas can be adopted to make use of a chair.
Yoga chairs are often used with yoga mats in order to perform some Asanas. However this is not the case in many classes as some classes are composed primarily of students with movement problems so severe that they have trouble getting off of a floor from a prone or supine position. In these classes, stances that involve sitting are most likely to be practiced.
Specialized yoga chairs are available that claim to have benefits but some of these claims are spurious and unproven. Care should be taken in purchasing a specialized yoga chair as they may cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars and not give back any concrete benefits to the user.
These are just very basic things; you can add more based on your own experience and knowledge.
When word gets around about your command of yoga chairs facts, others who need to know about yoga chairs will start to actively seek you out.
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