Graceful Aging: Chair Yoga
A chair yoga class for strength and stability with yoga therapist Mary Richards.
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.
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:
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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.
Enroll now to access the full class replay — and join a global community of students building strength, stability, and confidence through chair yoga.
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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.
Read LessProfound is best way to describe this course.
Profound is best way to describe this course.
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I love learning in this way through webinars, video and audio practices.
Read LessI 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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This was exactly what I've been looking for as a yoga teacher.
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I greatly benefitted from these teachings, and so will my students.
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This course helped me overcome a very difficult time. An instrument to keep always at hand.
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This course open up a whole new perspective of how and why rest can change way we operate in the world.
Read LessAccessible, well paced, and incredibly informative. I look forward to more!
Accessible, well paced, and incredibly informative. I look forward to more!
Read LessSome 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:
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.