For seniors that are looking for a safe way to enhance their physical health stretching, breathing, and meditation practices of yoga can be an excellent solution. It’s a mind and body activity. Doing yoga regularly can result in many benefits such as greater flexibility, improved balance, lower stress, and better sleep.
Now, let’s take at each benefit individually…
Flexibility: Holding a pose for several breaths encourages your muscles and connective tissues to relax and loosen. This helps to increase your range of motion.
Improved Balance: Many poses for seniors focus on strengthening the abdominal muscles and improving core stability. That can help steadiness on your feet and reduce fall risk.
Reduced Stress: Through meditation and mindful breathing, yoga encourages focus on the present and find a sense of peace. That can lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol and help ease symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Better Sleep: Yoga can help to alleviate sleep disturbances, which are common complaints among seniors. Typically, adults over the age of sixty, who struggled with insomnia participated in yoga classes twice a week and daily sessions at home had a more restful night.
Now, if you have any yoga poses that you would like to share with us, we’d love to hear from you!
However, if you happen to need beginner suggestions, then please feel free to like us on Facebook. That way, you’ll be able to join our senior community to connect and communicate with others who have been practicing meditation for years.