Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

Chair Yoga for Balance & Fall Prevention 🧘‍♀️

25 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this introductory segment, the presenter explains that she developed a chair‑yoga program aimed at improving balance and preventing falls. She observes that people who are at risk of falling often become immobilized by fear, which paradoxically increases their risk. The speaker argues that chair yoga offers a gentle, seated approach to safely retrain the body’s movement system, helping participants regain confidence and mobility without the intimidation of standing‑only exercises.

I created a chair yoga course for better balance and fall prevention. And what I've found is that people, if they're at risk for falling, everybody gets all excited and they're like, oh, don't move, don't move. You know, here's that fear thing again. And they scare them into being still. Sometimes we don't know where to start with retraining the system to move again. And so chair yoga is a great way to do that.