Advanced Chair Yoga Teacher Training | IAYT CPD Course
Online CPD: Lakshmi Voelker Further Chair Yoga Skills - Part 2

Online CPD: Lakshmi Voelker Further Chair Yoga Skills – Part 2

£395.00

Date:
Friday, 12th - Sunday, 14th June 2026

Time:
9.30am - 4.30pm (each day, UK time)

Advanced Chair Yoga Teacher Training: The Lakshmi Voelker Method

Take your skills further with this advanced CPD in therapeutic chair yoga, designed for yoga therapists, teachers, and healthcare professionals. Building on the Lakshmi Voelker Method, this course explores chair yoga for 1:1 yoga therapy, group facilitation, and clinical contexts. Deepen your assessment skills, integrate research-based practices, and complete your training for IAYT approval in Accessible Chair Yoga.

Payment Plans Available – Contact accounts@themindedinstitute.com for details.

£395.00

Description

Deepen your skills in therapeutic, adaptive chair yoga as part of the IAYT-approved pathway.

The Minded Institute, in collaboration with Accessible Chair Yoga CIC, is pleased to offer Part 2 of our Advanced Chair Yoga Teacher Training CPD Pathway, building on the foundational Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Teacher Training.

This advanced chair yoga teacher training explores how to apply chair yoga therapeutically in both group and 1:1 settings, deepening your skills as a teacher or therapist and contributing to your IAYT approval with 43 CE credits.

  • Please note: Both courses (Part 1 and Part 2) must be completed to receive full IAYT approval and 43 CE hours.
  • For those without a yoga teacher qualification, an 8-hour course on Basic Yoga Techniques must be taken as a prerequisite before joining the Accessible Chair Yoga CPD Pathway.

This training is approved by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and meets international standards for yoga therapy education and approved professional development (APD).

Part 2: Further Chair Yoga Skills for Teachers & Therapists

Have you completed the Chair Yoga Teacher Training and want to go further?

This Advanced Chair Yoga Training is designed to deepen your ability to use the chair as a versatile prop in yoga practice and therapy. Drawing on the Lakshmi Voelker Method, this course integrates up-to-date scientific research and practical applications relevant to yoga teachers, therapists, and health professionals.

You’ll learn how to design and deliver therapeutic chair yoga for individual clients and group settings, particularly in healthcare, rehabilitation, and community contexts.

What You’ll Learn: Advanced Chair Yoga Teacher Training Techniques and Adaptations

This interactive, research-informed course takes place over three days and combines:

  • Live group online learning

  • Partner and group skills development

  • Self-reflection and feedback

  • Practical integration of chair yoga in therapeutic environments

Course content includes:

  • Safe, effective, and therapeutic use of the chair as a yoga prop

  • Mapping Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga to the Pancamaya Kosha model

  • Developing your assessment skills using the chair as a tool

  • Designing individualised yoga therapy treatment plans that integrate chair yoga

  • Advanced modalities, including qigong and myofascial release

  • Current scientific research supporting chair yoga in healthcare and social care

  • Key principles of safeguarding, inclusivity, diversity, ethics, and legality in clinical and community settings

Course materials include:

  • Study guide for integration and reflection

  • Practical case study or 1:1 application task

  • Certificate of completion

Eligible for 43 CE hours (combined with Part 1) from the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT)

Who the Advanced Chair Yoga Teacher Training is for and eligibility:

This advanced chair yoga CPD is designed for:

  • Yoga teachers and yoga therapists

  • Healthcare professionals, carers, and exercise instructors

  • Community workers supporting people with limited mobility or special health considerations

  • Please note: Completion of Part 1: Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Teacher Training is required before enrolling in this course.

Payment Plans Available – Contact accounts@themindedinstitute.com for details.

Teacher

Liz Oppedijk is co-founder of the social enterprise Accessible Chair Yoga CIC and a leading expert on chair yoga. She is passionate about bringing yoga to those who may not think it is for them, and has taught accessible and chair yoga to people with a wide range of abilities, including those with Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, stroke, cancer, and other conditions, as well as those with dementia or learning disabilities, and to their carers.

Liz’s special interests are training a community of chair yoga teachers to bring yoga to care homes across the country and carrying out research into yoga’s effectiveness in the social care and healthcare sectors. She is a qualified yoga therapist and regularly lectures on accessible and chair yoga, yoga for Parkinson’s and dementia, and yoga in care homes for The Minded Institute and other organisations.

Liz is an official Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga teacher trainer and a regular contributor to Jivana Heyman’s Accessible Yoga training. She is co-author of a book on chair yoga, Get Fit Where You Sit: A Guide to the Lakshmi Voelker Chair Yoga Method, published in September 2023 by Shambhala Publications. Her research article, ‘Reduced Anxiety and Depression and Improved Mood in Older Adults Living in Care Homes After Participating in Chair Yoga’, was published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology (Sage Journals) in 2024.

Find Out More

Assessment

We use Zoom to host these online trainings, for those who do not yet have an account, please visit http://zoom.us and sign up for a free account. Please also test your computer audio and visual to ensure they are working prior to the training start time.

You will receive a zoom link and password in your confirmed booking email, which will come from: info@themindedinstitute.com

Who Is It For?

Yoga teachers, yoga therapists, healthcare professionals, exercise professionals, carers, and community workers may all follow this course. For those without a yoga teacher qualification, an 8-hour course on Basic Yoga Techniques must be taken as a prerequisite to part 1.

Part 1 of the programme must be completed before taking part 2.

Payment Options & Fees

You can pay securely at checkout using a credit or debit card or PayPal.

If you experience any issues during purchase, please contact accounts@themindedinstitute.com and our team will be happy to assist.

Pay in Instalments

To make our courses as accessible as possible, bespoke payment plans may be available on a case-by-case basis.

If you would like to request a payment plan, please email accounts@themindedinstitute.com.

Please note:

  • The full course fee must be paid no later than seven days before the course start date

  • Once a payment plan has commenced, refunds follow our standard refund policy as outlined in the Terms and Conditions

Training Terms and Conditions

You can review the Professional Training Terms and Conditions for courses with The Minded Institute here.

Location

We use Zoom to host these online trainings, for those who do not yet have an account, please visit http://zoom.us and sign up for a free account. Please also test your computer audio and visual to ensure they are working prior to the training start time.

You will receive a zoom link and password in your confirmed booking email, which will come from: info@themindedinstitute.com

Testimonials

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

‘A great course to reaffirm and install the power of Chair Yoga, building more confidence and even more  inspiration to start working in this field. I loved every minute.’

Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapist

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

‘The Further Chair Yoga Skills was a valuable addition to the LVCY course. It followed on well from the core content of the LVCY course, further supplementing my knowledge of chair yoga to the extent that I now feel confident bring “chair” yoga to a broader range of people, through using the chair as a prop for those able to practise standing postures. I would recommend this course to anyone who has completed the LVCY course.’

Health Researcher & Yoga Teacher★ ★ ★ ★ ★

‘I thought these days had a good balance between, theory, discussion, and practical aspects. …Thank you for a wonderful course!’

Yoga Therapist

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