Chair Yoga is very dear to me.

Chair Yoga is a great tool for seniors who practice yoga, and have a hard time sitting down on yoga mat and standing up from the yoga mat.

Chair yoga is gentle enough for students with limited flexibility and limited strength.

In addition to a limited strength, balance declines with age, and with a loss of balance, comes an increased risk of injury and increased loss of mobility for seniors.

In additions to chairs, I also like to use a wall for a prop. The wall helps with balancing poses, because a senior yoga student can hold on to the wall for confidence in the balancing pose.

Modifications.

For example, in the Extended Triangle Pose, if a student cannot reach the floor with her or his hand, place the hand on a block. Using the block will ease stress in the hips, tights and the hamstrings. 

Pick a posture for easier modification.

The Full Boat Pose.

Instead of holding the legs up in the air, place your heels on a wall, and place your hands on the floor behind your hips.

If you want to bring this to the next level, what do you do.

The Crescent Pose.

From the Mountain Pose step back with one foot as you bend the front knee.

Extend through your back heel.

Keep your pelvis neutral.

Fold forward.

Keep your arms along side your ears.

Relax your neck.

Keep you core engaged.

Move your arms back along the side of your hips.

Palms of your hands facing in.

Extend through the heel.

Gaze at the floor.

Breathe normally.