Chair Yoga is incredibly versatile and opens up the possibility for more people to participate and benefit from yoga! This training, aimed at certified yoga instructors who have already completed a 200hr training, is being led by Mimi Budnick (ERYT 200, YACEP). Mimi has been teaching chair yoga, multiple times a week, for the last ten years and has learned so much through that process,  and through conversations and feedback from her students. She is excited to share the knowledge she’s gleaned with Yoga Teachers that are interested in expanding their offerings and opening up the practice to more people.

This training will cover:

• The benefits of Chair Yoga

• Challenges to common beliefs and stigmas around Chair Yoga

• Safety Considerations

• Scope of Practice: Working with special needs, diagnoses and conditions

• Sequencing and creating a well-balanced holistic practice

• Props and setting

• Creating an inclusive space where everyone feels welcome and safe

Mimi has been teaching yoga since 2009. Throughout her career as a yoga teacher, Mimi has prioritized accessibility and has worked to open up the practice of yoga to audiences that have felt excluded or marginalized in yoga spaces.  This commitment stems from her own experience trying to find her way in yoga spaces as a larger bodied, queer person, living with chronic pain.

As a long-time social justice activist and organizer, she approaches her work with an anti-oppression and abolitionist lens. What this looks like in practice is a deep commitment to accessibility that applies to everything from offering sliding scale classes, language and cueing that is inclusive, and classes that are welcoming to bodies of all shapes, sizes, and mobility.  Mimi's yoga practice and teaching are driven by a belief that individual healing and wellness is important and vital work that needs to accompany our work towards collective health and liberation.

The weekend training consists of 13.5 hours of instruction as follows:

• Friday 6-8pm

• Saturday 12:30pm-6:30pm

• Sunday 11:30-5pm

Pre-registration is required before March 14th.

The cost is on a sliding scale. Please pay what you can within the range of $250-$325.

For more info, visit Mimi’s website or email her at mimibudnick@gmail.com