There’s something special about fitness instructors who understand the needs and challenges of people with limited mobility—yoga teacher Michelle Kelly is one of them.

In 2024, Kelly had a bike accident and broke her pelvis in three places and her collarbone. After taking a break from teaching until she could walk again, she returned with a new focus and launched a chair yoga class called Active & Able.

Kelly was already offering accessible yoga in 2020 during the pandemic after realizing older family members had stopped exercising. When she returned to teaching, she used some of these moves with a renewed appreciation for aids, especially the chair. You may like

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