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Chair Yoga - Summer

Course code: USZV003P

Subject area: Learning for Wellbeing

Study level: Part Time

Course level: U

Course details

Course time:

10:30 - 11:30

Days of week:

Monday

Course date:

12th May 2025 - 14th Jul 2025

Course location:

District Community Centre

Contact details

Email:

enquiries@abingdon-witney.ac.uk

Phone:

01235 555 585

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This Chair Yoga course is designed to make yoga accessible to everyone, regardless of age, flexibility, or physical ability.
Chair Yoga adapts traditional yoga poses to be performed while seated or using a chair for support. This course will help participants improve flexibility, strength, balance, and mental clarity in a safe and supportive environment. Introduction to Chair Yoga: Overview of Chair Yoga principles, benefits, and setting personal goals for the course. Basic Seated Poses: Learning fundamental seated yoga poses such as Seated Mountain Pose, Seated Forward Bend, and Seated Cat-Cow Stretch. Breathing and Relaxation Techniques: Introduction to yogic breathing (Pranayama), including Diaphragmatic Breathing and Three-Part Breath, along with guided relaxation practices. Upper Body Focus: Exercises for upper body strength and flexibility, including Seated Shoulder Rolls, Neck Stretches, Arm Raises, and upper body flow sequences. Lower Body Focus: Strengthening and stretching lower body muscles through Seated Leg Lifts, Hamstring Stretches, Ankle Circles, and lower body flow sequences. Balance and Core Strength: Enhancing balance and core strength with Seated Core Twists, Seated Bicycle Legs, Seated Warrior Pose, and Seated Tree Pose. Integrating Chair Yoga into Daily Life: Developing a home practice routine, using Chair Yoga for stress relief, and adapting poses for specific needs like office workers or seniors. Mindfulness and Meditation: Practicing mindfulness during yoga sequences and learning seated meditation techniques to improve mental clarity and relaxation.

Abingdon and Witney College is subject to Ofsted regulation and is required to work with all its students to make sure they understand Government initiatives around Safeguarding, Prevent and Fundamental British Values. Information on these matters will be shared with you during your course.

You will also be asked to complete monitoring paperwork, which helps us to deliver course content to the highest quality.

Entry criteria
There are no formal entry requirements.

Courses can fill fast, so please enrol early to avoid disappointment. Decisions on whether a course is to run are made two weeks prior to the start date - an email will be sent to you should there be changes to your course or if it is cancelled. Please check your inbox leading up to your course, including the junk folders. For anyone without an email account, our Admissions team will phone you instead.

For the first week of the course you will need to bring a valid form of identification; this includes passport, driving licence, debit/credit card, Birth Certificate or National Insurance card.

Please note - you should be 19 years old or over at 31st August 2024 prior to starting the course.

Fee information
Courses offered by the college are fully or partly funded by the Government and the published fee takes account of this funding.

Before starting a course, the College is required to check you meet conditions relating to that funding, e.g. age, residency status within the UK/EEA, prior qualification level and employment status. In some circumstances (such as with online enrolments), these checks can only be completed after you have enrolled and paid.

If you are unable to pay in full for this course at the time of enrolment, and the course tuition fee is £300 or more, an instalment plan is available. If this is your preference, please do not enrol online but rather call the Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to enrol.

Once enrolled, Admissions will take the first instalment payment from you and pass on your details to the Finance team who will email you to set-up your payment plan. Please return a fully completed instalment plan to Finance as failure to do so could result in being withdrawn from your course.

The rules on fee reduction are complicated, we would encourage you to talk to our Admissions Team on 01235 216400 to discuss these options. You can find more information on our Fees and Bursaries page - search "Fees and Bursaries" at the top of the page.

19+ Fee:

£86.40

19+ Reduced Fee:

£43.20

Qualifications received
As this is a non-accredited course, there is no formal qualification. However, you will be asked to complete activities that demonstrate how you are progressing on your course.
Learning & method assessment
The course will include a mixture of demonstration, observation and practical exercises. The tutor will be available to guide and support you throughout.

As this is a non-accredited course, there is no formal qualification. To track your progress and achievement you will be required to complete a short document.

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