Supporting Participants During
This training outlines how to lead trauma-informed, accessible chair yoga for people with eating disorders by prioritizing choice, safety, and adaptability. It emphasizes creating practices where every participant can engage through standing or seated options, and where modifications are built in from the start rather than added on.
Instruction focuses on the intended effect of poses (settling, energizing, balancing) rather than external form, with slow pacing, clear cueing, and built-in pauses to support awareness and choice. It also covers key considerations for chair practice, including grounding through the sit bones, posture changes in seated positions, and using small, intentional movements to reduce strain.
Speaker
SHANNON TURNER
Shannon Turner, founder of Lionsgrace, is a yoga teacher and mother of three. She discovered yoga nearly 28 years ago while pregnant with her oldest child, and it became an important part of her recovery from disordered eating. After training with Karma Kids Yoga and earning her 200-hour certification at Byron Yoga Centre in Australia, Shannon began teaching children, teens and adults. She’s passionate about creating safe, connected spaces and loves hiking, skiing and exploring with her family.