Mind Body Chair Yoga

Service Description

Mind-Body-Chair Yoga offers the perfect opportunity to explore postures mindfully in an active and accessible way for strength, flexibility, healing and mobility. Led by instructor Nina Andic, class combines both energizing and relaxing movement seated in the chair or standing. The chair is utilized for safety and support, if needed. You will also explore postures lying down or standing against a wall. Is the class for you? Designed for mature bodies and/or for those recovering from injury/surgery. Gentle and supportive instruction Explore mobility and range of motion at joints Improves balance over time Increase your flexibility and strength Cultivate a connection between mind and body Enhance kindness and appreciation toward yourself Discover a sense of calm No prior yoga experience necessary Mindfulness is emphasized throughout the class. This is the practice of focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. This can help us to increase our ability to regulate emotions, decrease stress, anxiety and depression. Nina discovered yoga and its profoundly healing and nourishing qualities 20 years ago while living in Singapore and working in a high performance and stressful environment. This stress manifested itself in many debilitating ways, including pain, and Nina was forced to find a way to change her relationship to stress. Yoga was Nina’s first pathway to healing. After years of practicing yoga, she completed her YTT in 2013. Mindfulness Meditation was the second pathway to facilitate her stress reduction and in 2018, she became qualified to facilitate MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction). Nina’s classes begin and end with an opportunity to check-in with the body, the heart and the mind. Cultivating a mind/body connection is at the very heart of yoga and Nina facilitates this union in her teaching seamlessly.