Chair Yoga

Chair Yoga for Educators, Students and Families

Learn inclusive and accessible chair yoga practices to improve physical health and well-being. This interactive guide helps educators, students, and families integrate yoga into daily routines using the power of a chair.

By Michelle Cordero, MFA

May 31, 2022

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By Michelle Cordero, MFA

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Chair Yoga

In this interactive webinar, Breathe For Change’s Head Trainer, Michelle Cordero, eRYT-500, will inspire and equip you to integrate inclusive chair yoga practices into your daily life and teaching. You will walk away feeling healthy in your body, and motivated to draw on the life-changing practice of yoga using the power of your own chair!

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About the Author

Michelle Cordero, MFA

Faculty, Yoga

Michelle Cordero, Breathe For Change’s Head Trainer, has devoted the last 3 decades to deepening her connection to and sharing the powerful practice of yoga with the world. Michelle has led retreats, workshops, and teacher trainings internationally, and was voted “Best Yoga Teacher of the East Bay” by Oakland Magazine. She is certified at the highest level with the Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 & YACEP credentials.

Michelle’s greatest passion is inspiring educators to teach yoga in an inclusive and accessible way. She teaches with a sense of humor, curiosity and compassion. Michelle’s classes are inclusive, gender affirming, trauma-informed and uniquely tailored to meet the needs of each student regardless of experience, age, gender, or body shape.Michelle has contributed greatly to the development of Breathe For Change’s 200-hour Training, 300-hour Training, Professional Development offerings, and Educator Collective events.

Michelle has her Master’s Degree, a certificate in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy and is a Certified Wellness Coach and Craniosacral Work practitioner, and has trained with the Trauma Center’s Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TC-TSY) program and the Trauma Informed Resilience Oriented Approach (TIRO). She also completed a 75-hour Skill in Action training with Michelle C Johnson, focused on the intersection of Yoga and Social Justice. Michelle is inspired and honored to be guiding you along your yoga teaching journey.

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Chair Yoga for Educators, Students and Families

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