Seated Yoga with Richard Gillette

Thursdays, 2:00–3:30pm | $15

Seated chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga that is practiced sitting on a chair, or standing using a chair for support. It is in the process of being recognized formally as a type of yoga distinct from other types, such as Iyengar Yoga or Ashtanga yoga. The poses, or Asanas, are often adaptations of Hatha yoga poses.

Richard Gillette started his yoga practice more than twenty years ago and soon realized it’s never too late to address the body, mind and spirit.

After a fall from a bike injured his hip, he found his way into a chair-assisted yoga class. The teacher, the diversity of the poses and the enthusiasm of the students kept him coming back well after the injury healed. He completed an eight-month teacher training intensive and first brought his chair yoga class to TSL in 2017.

His class moves through chair sequences, some standing poses (chair assisted, optional) and seated floor poses and stretches, and finishes with a brief meditation.