Chair Yoga for Mindful Breathing and Core Stability

About This Class

This 48-minute chair yoga class with Angie Maguire opens with grounding foot and ankle warm-ups before moving into hip circles, seated twists, and figure-four pigeon pose for deep hip opening. Core engagement is woven throughout — from single-leg extensions with arms lifted, to block-passing sequences that challenge coordination and shoulder mobility, to standing balance work using a clock-face framework to train the outer hips and glutes. A standing downward facing dog at the chair bridges the seated and standing sections. Chair-adapted sun salutations with twists, forward folds, half flat back, and a standing squat build cardiovascular warmth and spinal mobility. Wrist strengthening and shoulder circles address upper-body resilience, and the class closes with a seated figure-four pigeon and a closing gratitude ritual. Breathing cues — expanding on the inhale, contracting on the exhale — are constant throughout, making breathwork as central as the physical movement.