Category: Chair Tai Chi

Active Aging – Active Older Adult

Wow – Active Aging – Active Older Adult – Yoga – Chair Yoga – Chair Tai Chi – Chair Yoga Dance

Gentle Yoga for Low Back Care with Gail Pickens-Barger
Gentle Yoga for Low Back Care with Gail Pickens-Barger

Yoga classes geared for those actively aging!

Seated Chair Yoga. Using gear such as yoga straps, blocks, chairs and mats to build bones by actively engaging large muscle groups.

Lessen stiffness & knee pain with guided Chair Tai Chi Classes with Gail

In-Person Classes: Wednesdays – Chair Tai Chi with a splash of Yoga at Lakeside Center, 150 Magnolia Street, Beaumont, Texas. $4 for non-residents of Beaumont, free for Beaumont residents. Class starts at 11:00 AM. Come a bit early to grab a chair, or have one of us get you a chair.

Fridays – Yoga – may be done entirely seated, or on the yoga mat, or standing behind the chair for support. Lakeside Center, 150 Magnolia Street, Beaumont, Texas. $4 for non-residents of Beaumont, free for Beaumont residents. Class starts at 10:30 AM. Come a bit early to place down your yoga mat, grab a chair, yoga strap and block. Please bring your own personal yoga mat. All other gear provided.

Online Classes: Wednesdays at 1 PM Central Time (think Texas). Held on Veterans Yoga Project Online yoga studio. Free. All are welcomed. https://veteransyogaproject.org/vyp-classes to create an account and then book a class. There’s also an app for that. Download from Apple or Andriod onto your phone. Create and account, book a class! Come a bit early to class to say “Hi” before we get started.

The online class can also be done either seated on the chair, or on the yoga mat. I do have some folks who do the class on the couch or their bed. This class is geared to lessen back pain.

How Yoga Can Help Veterans
How Yoga Can Help Veterans
Low Back Care Yoga on Veterans Yoga Project Online Yoga Studio with Gail P-B.
Low Back Care Yoga on Veterans Yoga Project Online Yoga Studio with Gail P-B. Wednesdays Classes are now at 1 PM Central TIme.

Seated Chair Tai Chi for Chronic Pain and Stress Relief

Chair Tai Chi in Beaumont Texas with Gail Pickens-Barger

Chair Tai Chi with Gail Pickens-Barger

Chair Tai Chi with Gail Pickens-Barger

Wednesdays is your day for Seated Chair Tai Chi with Gail Pickens-Barger. This popular format is based on her training with MoonWillow Tai Chi with Allison Deputy.

When Gail was feeling the effects of her Afib acting up in 2022-2023, she wanted to find a gentle exercise modality that would still give her the great benefits of flexibility, stability and a sense of calmness.

After a bit of investigation, Gail found Allison on a local library event in the state of Illinois. This was a once a week online option on Zoom where you could register through the library to take this class.

After taking classes on a pretty consistent basis, Gail started adding some of the Tai Chi movements to her adaptive yoga classes at Lakeside center in Beaumont Texas.

Allison offers training in this modality, and Gail took the Chair Tai Chi training in August/September of 2023. Part of one’s training is to perform a teach back class, to demonstrate proper form, and sequences of the movements.

Developed by Allison Deputy over a 25-year period, Chair Tai Chi is now actively used in assisted living and health care/rehabilitation centers across suburban Chicago.

This program is a blend of Yang Style Tai Chi forms (singled out for adaptability in a seated position), Shaolin muscle and sinew exercises, qigong (“chee-kung”) detoxing techniques, hand/finger/eye exercises, as well as healing visualization.

Chair Tai Chi Benefits:

  • chronic pain reduction
  • improved flexibility
  • range of motion
  • posture
  • blood pressure
  • sleep
  • digestion
  • immunity
  • relieves stress
  • anxiety
  • aids in overall well-being

Chair Tai Chi is a unique therapeutic modality to offer in any senior or healthcare facility.

When?
Teaching Wednesdays at 11 AM at Lakeside Center 150 Magnolia Avenue Beaumont, Texas. Next to the Event Centre, and you will also see all the lovely Beaumont Festival Murals as you enter into the facility. On the back side of the Lakeside Center you will see the Event Center Lake and children’s playground area.

Allison Deputy will be teaching another series of classes in September/October online. I’ll be taking the refresher option as my students are really enjoying this class! Always learning!

Gaile P-B.

Celebrating teaching for 24 years!

Hey y’all, this is the 24th year for me to teach some type of yoga on this planet Earth!

Seated Chair Tai Chi with Gail Pickens-Barger
Seated Chair Tai Chi with Gail Pickens-Barger

I’m celebrating by providing a free online zoom class of Seated Chair Tai Chi!

February 7th, 2024 at 11 AM Central Time.

Here’s the registration link. Love to see you in class for this new fitness class that I currently teach!

Chair Tai Chi registration link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrdu6uqjgqE9weVSeTXO2DIRV8z_gINoLr

Chair Tai Chi with Gail PB. Free online zoom class on February 7, 2024 to celebrate my 24th year of teaching!
Chair Tai Chi with Gail PB. Can ya dig it?

Chair Yoga with a splash of Chair Tai Chi

Wednesdays. 10:30 AM CDT. 45-minute class. In-person. Lakeside Center. 150 Magnolia Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701. Register, come early. Beaumont residents free. $4 daily fee for non-Beaumont Residents.

Chair Yoga with a splash of Chair Tai Chi
Chair Yoga with a splash of Chair Tai Chi