The body evolves.

As we age, we move through phases of stagnation, soreness, stillness, sloth, and sometimes suffering.

So why are we stuck doing the same yoga?

What if your practice worked with your body, not against it?

You deserve a practice that builds resilience, not rigidity. Basically the question is: why repeat the same poses the same way in your 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond — that you learned in your 20s?

If your yoga practice has started to feel out of sync with your body, you’re not alone. As your needs shift, what once felt supportive can begin to feel inaccessible.This isn’t the end of your practice. It’s an invitation to evolve it.

Chair Yoga for Strength and Stability with yoga therapist Mary Richards is designed to help you reconnect with functional movement, balance, and strength in a way that truly supports your current body and life. Using the chair as a stable and versatile prop, Mary teaches you how to adapt common poses so you can practice safely and confidently — with clarity, creativity, and compassion.

This 2-hour on-demand class is hosted by Lizzie Lasater, and it’s the first in our new Graceful Aging Series

Together, Lizzie and Mary offer decades of experience in yoga therapy, movement science, and Restorative Yoga. You’ll receive practical tools, anatomical insight, and a grounded pathway forward—so your practice keeps meeting you exactly where you are today.



Ready when you are. Start your practice today

Take the class on your schedule—designed to meet you where you are, whenever you’re ready.

This 2-hour session was originally taught live by Mary Richards, and is now available on-demand.

What You’ll Receive:

  • Class replay, available on-demand
  • Three years to access and re-watch via our learning platform
  • Downloadable 8-page PDF
  • Diagrams with Mary’s beloved stick figure drawings of the sequence including bonus strength poses


Props You Will Need:

  • Chair — a sturdy dining chair works, but a yoga chair (without front lateral rungs) is ideal, so there’s space for your bolster and body to slide underneath.
  • 1 bolster
  • 2 yoga blocks
  • 1 strap
  • 5 blankets
  • Eye cover

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Bonus Class ($25 value):

Enroll today and you'll also receive the recording from a full-length class on functional movement and strength training for yogis from our Somatic Self-Care series.



Start your practice today:

Enroll now to access the full class replay — and join a global community of students building strength, stability, and confidence through chair yoga.

Mary’s teaching changes how you see the body and your practice.

But don’t take our word for it. Read what students say in their 5-star reviews:

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Deep Gratitude

Charlotte

I know I will be a better yoga teacher from embodying this state of renewal.

I know I will be a better yoga teacher from embodying this state of renewal.

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Profound

liesbeth

Profound is best way to describe this course.

Profound is best way to describe this course.

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Amazing Course!

Colleen

I love learning in this way through webinars, video and audio practices.

I love learning in this way through webinars, video and audio practices.

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A True Gift

Lili

I loved the dynamic, joyful relationship between these two amazing women.

I loved the dynamic, joyful relationship between these two amazing women.

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What I Needed

mary

This was exactly what I've been looking for as a yoga teacher.

This was exactly what I've been looking for as a yoga teacher.

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WOW

catherine

I greatly benefitted from these teachings, and so will my students.

I greatly benefitted from these teachings, and so will my students.

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A Revelation!

Daniela

This course helped me overcome a very difficult time. An instrument to keep always at hand.

This course helped me overcome a very difficult time. An instrument to keep always at hand.

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Shifted My Perspective

ankur

This course open up a whole new perspective of how and why rest can change way we operate in the world.

This course open up a whole new perspective of how and why rest can change way we operate in the world.

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Wonderful!

Lori

Accessible, well paced, and incredibly informative. I look forward to more!

Accessible, well paced, and incredibly informative. I look forward to more!

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"Chair yoga isn’t real yoga"

Some people say that "chair yoga isn’t real yoga" so if you’re aging, injured, pregnant, recovering, exhausted, or human, you shouldn’t even try to do yoga. 

Especially not using a chair. Because that’s basically cheating. 

And everybody knows there’s no benefit to yoga unless you can put your perfect body into perfect shapes.

Don’t agree? Join us for this on-demand masterclass with brilliant yoga therapist Mary Richards.

In this two-hour class class you’ll:

  • Cultivate stability, strength, and lower-body mobility
  • Improve joint health and dynamic balance
  • Gently reduce pain, tension, and stiffness
  • Reconnect with your breath and practice embodied presence

Ideal for serious students, yoga teachers, aging bodies, injury recovery, pregnancy support—and anyone ready to meet their practice with clarity and confidence.

Let’s redefine what real yoga looks like.