Chair Yoga for Disabled Adults
Tuesdays 1.45-3.30pm
Fairmilehead Parish Church, 1a Frogston Road West, Edinburgh EH10 7AA
Every Tuesday Ecas’ Chair Yoga Group meet in-person at Fairmilehead Parish Church, Edinburgh. This friendly and relaxed group is for people with a physical disability. Absolute beginners are very welcome.
Chair Yoga or Seated Yoga is a modified gentle version of regular yoga. It is an effective and accessible practice to help improve your health, strength, co-ordination and confidence by,
- gentle stretching
- breathing effectively
- relaxing your mind and body
Using your chair for seated poses or balancing poses, you can enjoy the many benefits of yoga including:
- increased flexibility
- improved strength
- improved self-awareness
- reduced stress
- improved pain management skills
- better sleep
This yoga group is led by experienced Group Leaders Sheila Donnelly and Kerry Cooper.
Timetable
Yoga
Tuesday | 1:45 – 3:30pm
Fairmilehead Parish Church, 1a Frogston Rd W, Edinburgh EH10 7AA
Try our Chair Yoga Group for FREE!
Ecas groups cost £2.30 per 2 hour session. New members are welcome to try an activity for two weeks for free.
For those eligible, our grants can help pay activity fees and transport costs.
Interested in one or more of our weekly activities? We’d love to hear from you!
Call us on 07500 221618 or complete this short contact form
What our clients say
I find Yoga a very happy and useful tool mentally and physically. We motivate each other to the best of our abilities. The movement is enough that I can feel my body working, nut not so much it triggers PEM (post-extertional malaise).
Helena
We look forward to the class and the support we get from one another.
Hilda
Yoga a very happy and useful tool mentally and physically. We motivate each other to the best of our abilities.
Ian
Prior to the Chair Yoga group I was virtually housebound as I suffer from COPD and use oxygen 24 hours a day. The class has made such a difference to my life. I can honestly say that both my mental and physical health has greatly improved over the last 12 months. The group leaders and the class members are all very friendly.
I now feel much more positive about venturing out on my own with my oxygen, and my COPD consultant has informed me that my lung function has increased 100%. She attributes this to the yoga class. Thank you!
Margaret
The practising of relaxations and meditations helps to provide a sense of peace when there may be many things in our lives that are out of our control.
