You Are Never Too Old For Yoga

Yoga is a spiritual discipline based on subtle science, which focuses on bringing harmony between mind and body. It is a pathway to healthy living and it’s never too late to start practicing yoga. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says, “Yoga is a study of life, study of your body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, and ego. Study of your inner faculties.”The benefits of yoga are, it keeps your internal organs and hormonal system in balance; it refreshes your mind and spirit chakras. Yoga for senior citizens will also help keep their joints steady and flexible, maintain healthy bones and muscles, improves digestion and clears bowel movements, regulates blood pressure. It can also be a social point for seniors to connect with individuals of their own age and mingle.

Certain precautions have to be taken for seniors before practicing yoga such as,

• Substitute warm ups with brisk walking and joint movements
• Practice yoga under a trained yoga teacher and discuss your ailments with him/her.
• Focus on repeating poses rather than holding any posture.
• Rest adequately after each pose.
• Make sure that your body has adjusted to your daily yoga routine before trying out new asanas.

Regular practice of yoga will improve your health and lifestyle making you feel younger, after all age is just a number.