Details of the Training

Date: Friday -Sunday March 27-29th 2026

Time: 9:30am-4:30pm

Deposit of £50 needed now to secure your space.

Training costs £495 in total inclusive of your assessment which takes place after the training.

Required reading – Get Fit Where You Sit: A Guide to the Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Method by Lakshmi Voelker and Liz Oppedijk. Available to pre-order/purchase at Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Fit-Where-You-Sit/dp/1611809258) or Amazon US (https://amzn.to/40aHR5p).

Empower Every Body with Yoga – No Matter Their Age, Mobility, or Setting

The Minded Institute, in collaboration with Accessible Chair Yoga CIC, is proud to offer a unique, two-part professional development training in Accessible Chair Yoga Teacher Training, developed for yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and allied professionals seeking to expand their skills in adaptive, inclusive yoga for people with limited mobility.

Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Teacher Training

Details

Do you know people who would benefit from yoga but:

• Cannot get down (or up) from the floor due to age, disability, inflexibility, or injury?

• Want to practise yoga where getting on the floor is impractical (at work, travelling, etc.)?

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Traditionally, these people have been unable to reap all the exceptional benefits of yoga. Chair yoga makes it possible! 

Why Choose Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Certification?

Chair Yoga for Older Adults, Office Workers, and Wheelchair Users

Developed in 1982, the Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga (LVCY) method is one of the most respected and widely taught approaches to adaptive yoga. It’s especially valued for its structured system based on Levels of Flexibility, helping teachers tailor every pose to their students, no matter their age, ability, or environment.

You’ll learn how to teach yoga:

• In care homes and hospitals

• In community centres, offices, or schools

• For people using wheelchairs or with specific health conditions

• And, of course, from the comfort of a chair: anywhere, anytime

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

This blended learning course combines:

• Live group online training (3 days)

• Guided partner and group activities

• Self-study modules

• One-to-one feedback and assessment

  
  

The group online training takes place over three days, with self-study and assessments (practical and written) due after the weekend.

Course modules include:

• How to adapt poses on the chair safely and effectively.

• Adapted poses on the chair for Single, Double, Pair, Weighted, and Wheelchair Yoga.

• Precautions for chair poses.

• Breathing techniques.

• Philosophy, lifestyle, and ethics.

• Class sequencing and teaching techniques.

• Extra modalities, including Acupressure, Reflexology, and Do-In Chinese Self Massage.

• Practical tips for teaching chair yoga in healthcare, care homes, community, workplace, and

• other settings.

Who the training is for and eligibility:

Yoga teachers, yoga therapists, healthcare professionals, exercise professionals, carers, and community workers may all follow this course. 

Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive your LVCYT (Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Teacher) certification and will be able to run your own chair yoga sessions with confidence. 

Two-Part CPD Pathway Toward IAYT Approval

• Part 1: Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Teacher Training

• Part 2: Further Chair Yoga Skills for Teachers & Therapists

Participants who complete both parts will gain eligibility for 43 Continuing Education Credits. Completion of Part 1 alone qualifies you to teach chair yoga independently to a wide variety of populations and earn 22 CE Credits.

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).

In collaboration with Accessible Chair Yoga CIC and The Minded Institute.

This course is certified by Yoga Alliance (USA) and Yoga Alliance Professionals (UK).

This counts as 32 hours towards your 300 hour Advanced Teacher Training qualification with Shanticentre Training School. Full details here: https://www.stephanieshanti.com/advanced-yoga-trainings