Category: #chairyoga

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.

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

Balanced Rock at Big Bend National Park

The Balanced Rock at Big Bend National Park. Well worth the trek!

Balanced Rock at Big Bend National Park.

Bit of a hike with walking sticks.

Had a bit of hip/back pain, but well worth the journey. Of course, going up was easier than coming down!

During spring break a few years back, we booked so late, we had to stay in Marfa, Texas. Which turned out to be delightful! 

I told everyone to grab a chair. We are doing seated warrior II yoga posture. Great for bone building, increasing range of motion in both arms, hips, plus with intention, strengthening shoulders and upper back muscles.

What journeys are you doing for self-discovery, and self-help? Why not try a yoga class? I teach an in-person class on Fridays at LakeSide Event Center in Beaumont Texas. Pretty nice price point too. Only $4 if you are a non-resident of Beaumont. I have several of my students follow me from Jefferson Mid-County come to this class.

A wonderful facility. Clean, and spacious, with a skate park, and a neat lake to stroll around.

Plus the beginners class I teach is an adaptive yoga class. If you need to stay seated, I give you all the poses seated on the chair or standing behind a chair. I also teach you how to get down to the floor with the chair, and get back up off the floor with the chair. This class is geared towards beginners.

I occasionally either at the beginning of class or afterward do an indoor walking short workout, that folks seem to like. And if you laugh at my jokes, we sometimes do a seated cardio dance fitness routine. Y’all just need to check it out!

#balancedrock #stonegate #bigbendnationalpark

Benefits of a Green Chair Yoga

Adaptive Chair Yoga. Chair yoga is for anyone who has ever hesitated to try yoga because of the challenge of getting down onto the floor or doing standing poses. Yoga with Gail
Adaptive Chair Yoga. Chair yoga is for anyone who has ever hesitated to try yoga because of the challenge of getting down onto the floor or doing standing poses. Yoga with Gail. Down Dog bending knees, then straightening, Pyramid/Warrior I Legs, Plank, Lunge, Up dog, Roll back to Down Dog, then Revolved Balanced Twist. Variety of yoga poses using the chair as yoga gear.

Green Chair Yoga with Gail. Adapting yoga poses to the chair, so that if you are unable to get up and off the floor, you can still do a great yoga practice. 

Adaptive Chair Yoga. Chair yoga is for anyone who has ever hesitated to try yoga because of the challenge of getting down onto the floor or doing standing poses. Yoga with Gail
Adaptive Chair Yoga. Chair yoga is for anyone who has ever hesitated to try yoga because of the challenge of getting down onto the floor or doing standing poses. Yoga with Gail
Chair Yoga in the park. Green with benefits of regular yoga class, done seated or using the chair as a prop.
Chair Yoga in the park. Green with benefits of regular yoga class, done seated or using the chair as a prop.
Adaptive Chair Yoga. Chair yoga is for anyone who has ever hesitated to try yoga because of the challenge of getting down onto the floor or doing standing poses. Yoga with Gail
Adaptive Chair Yoga. Chair yoga is for anyone who has ever hesitated to try yoga because of the challenge of getting down onto the floor or doing standing poses. Yoga with Gail
Next Online Free Yoga class – Click to get a “free” mindbody account from Veterans Yoga Project, then “book” my class on Wednesdays at 1 PM Central Time. Video Library access available