Chair Yoga for Plus Size Bodies

A seated yoga practice built from the ground up around a larger body, not adapted for one as an afterthought.

Most chair yoga books were written for an average-sized frame and then quietly assume the rest of us will make it work. Poses get described as if hips clear the chair's arms without touching, as if a twist has room to happen before it meets the belly, as if a full breath is simply available on request. When those instructions do not fit, the usual message is that something is wrong with your body. Nothing is wrong with your body. The instructions were incomplete.

Chair Yoga for Plus Size Bodies is a comfort-first, seated practice built specifically around the space a fuller body actually needs: wider stances instead of narrow ones, twists that stop before they meet the belly instead of forcing past it, and breathing cues that account for a chest and ribcage that may need more room to expand. It opens with a full medical clearance and safety chapter, not a warm-up, because no pose is worth practicing before you know it is right for you.

Inside this book, you'll discover:

A mandatory medical clearance and readiness screening chapter before a single pose, adapted from the PAR-Q+ standard
16 chapters covering breath, upper body, spine, hips, legs, standing balance, seated strength, joint comfort, and everyday energy resets

• Every technique built with three versions from the start: seated, standing-supported, and adaptive, so nothing is a "beginner" version to graduate out of
• Full step-by-step photo sequences for every technique, with contraindications and a clear stop rule listed before the instructions, not after
• A ready-made 14-day comfort-first practice plan, plus four complete routines running from 5 to 20 minutes for whatever time a day actually allows
• Eleven back-matter tools: a safety checklist, a practice tracker with no weight column, a modification-ladder quick reference, a glossary, doctor-visit questions, and more
• Evidence clearly labeled throughout: established research, preliminary findings, and traditional practice are never presented as the same thing