Breathe & Balance – Chair Yoga Class

About This Class

This 38-minute approachable chair yoga class with Angie Maguire guides students through a full-body experience entirely supported by a chair. The practice opens with grounding breathwork and rib-cage expansion before moving into seated spinal waves, side bends, and thoracic twists. Students explore cat-cow, trunk rolls, side angle pose, and a core-firing isometric squeeze between the hands and knees, as well as dedicated wrist mobility and strengthening sequences. The standing section — optional but encouraged — introduces Triangle Pose, a pyramid-stance forward fold targeting the hamstrings, High Lunge with dynamic cactus arms, balance work on the toes, and a standing balance pose with a knee-to-nose curl. A wide-legged forward fold over the chair seat adds an inner-hip and hamstring release before the class closes with seated salutations that link breath to movement, a brief meditation, and a traditional Namaste closing. The instructor consistently frames the class as a nervous-system reset, referencing vagus nerve toning and parasympathetic activation, making it ideal for stress relief, desk-posture recovery, stiffness from sitting, and general mobility. Props are limited to a single chair; no other equipment is required.