Live CPD: Lakshmi Voelker Advanced Chair Yoga Teacher Skills – Part 2

Description

Deepen your skills in therapeutic, adaptive chair yoga as part of the IAYT-approved pathway.

The Minded Institute, in collaboration with Accessible Chair Yoga CIC, is pleased to offer Part 2 of our Advanced Chair Yoga Teacher Training CPD Pathway, building on the foundational Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Teacher Training.

This advanced chair yoga teacher training explores how to apply chair yoga therapeutically in both group and 1:1 settings, deepening your skills as a teacher or therapist and contributing to your IAYT approval with 43 CE credits.

• Please note: Both courses (Part 1 and Part 2) must be completed to receive full IAYT approval and 43 CE hours.
• For those without a yoga teacher qualification, an 8-hour course on Basic Yoga Techniques must be taken as a prerequisite before joining the Accessible Chair Yoga CPD Pathway.

This training is approved by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and meets international standards for yoga therapy education and approved professional development (APD).

Part 2: Further Chair Yoga Skills for Teachers & Therapists

Have you completed the Chair Yoga Teacher Training and want to go further?

This Advanced Chair Yoga Training is designed to deepen your ability to use the chair as a versatile prop in yoga practice and therapy. Drawing on the Lakshmi Voelker Method, this course integrates up-to-date scientific research and practical applications relevant to yoga teachers, therapists, and health professionals.

You’ll learn how to design and deliver therapeutic chair yoga for individual clients and group settings, particularly in healthcare, rehabilitation, and community contexts.

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What You’ll Learn: Advanced Chair Yoga Teacher Training Techniques and Adaptations

This interactive, research-informed course takes place over three days and combines:

• Live group online learning

• Partner and group skills development

• Self-reflection and feedback

• Practical integration of chair yoga in therapeutic environments

Course content includes:

• Safe, effective, and therapeutic use of the chair as a yoga prop

• Mapping Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga to the Pancamaya Kosha model

• Developing your assessment skills using the chair as a tool

• Designing individualised yoga therapy treatment plans that integrate chair yoga

• Advanced modalities, including qigong and myofascial release

• Current scientific research supporting chair yoga in healthcare and social care

• Key principles of safeguarding, inclusivity, diversity, ethics, and legality in clinical and community settings