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The Old Days are Back

Chair Yoga Exercises for Seniors Over 60 to Improve Stability and Posture

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Table of Contents

Introduction

By the time you are 60, you will have likely walked two million steps. You have probably experienced your fair share of illnesses or pain.

But I have a solution for you. It is Chair Yoga.

According to statistics, 14 million yogis in the USA are over 50, and 87% of them feel that yoga relieves their back pain boosting their well-being.

Apart from ageing is steadily slowing down. Many seniors have the rare opportunity to slow down in their everyday activities, far from the hectic pace of youth and middle age. Some seniors may need to move at a slower pace due to injuries or chronic pain, while others may just desire to be more deliberate in their daily activities. Fortunately, chair yoga can help seniors like you with restricted mobility to keep yourself active and adapt to the natural ageing process.

You can perform chair yoga while seated in a chair or using a chair as support. It is one of the milder yoga types for seniors and offers routines at various levels of difficulty. So, if you feel apprehensive about exercise or have mobility issues, you can benefit from chair yoga because it is tailored for seniors.

My nana is 68 years old and lives alone. Let me tell you about her experience with chair yoga.

She did not have any severe pains or much difficulty moving around. However, I often used to get calls from her to come over and help her out around the house. Being a physiotherapist, I recommended she exercise to help improve her physical well-being and avoid any future mishaps. The thing about my nana is that she is very resistant to change. She would always brush my suggestion off or promise to talk about them later, but she never would.

One day my assistant took a call for me while I was in a meeting and explained that my nana had called an hour ago and that she needed me at the house. I called her back, and she would not return my calls. My office was an hour away from her home, and I rushed there, worried as fast as I could. When I entered, I saw nana lying on the floor. Turn out, she was sitting on the sofa and could not get up, so she wiggled her way out of the sofa to get to the phone but fell to the floor. Needless to say, there was no getting up from that. She lay there in pain for two hours! I told her it was enough.

After consultation with her doctor, I put her on chair yoga. She practiced yoga at home for 4 months and now even goes out to the park every morning with her friends for a walk. I still get calls from her but only to come to eat her yummy pies.

Chair yoga includes helpful exercises, especially for pain relief and mobility issues for seniors, since you can adjust the sequences according to each person's level of competence, with a gentle and painless progression that gradually builds a senior's confidence. Seniors remain active and increase their strength and flexibility with these yoga poses without making major or full-range motions.

There is growing evidence that yoga therapies may improve older persons' functioning capacities. A chair yoga intervention with elderly persons over 80 has been shown to increase balance and walking speed, according to a study. A different study showed that older persons with Alzheimer's disease who participated in the "Fit Chair Yoga" program saw improvements in both physical and mental abilities.

The benefits of chair yoga are tremendous for senior citizens, including relaxing and stretching sore muscles, minimizing chronic pain, lowering stress levels, and enhancing circulation. Additionally, it reduces stress, assists in lowering blood pressure, safeguards joints, and improves strength and balance.

The short book "Chair Yoga Workout for Seniors over 60" focuses on helping seniors regain their independence and health through easy yoga poses with chair support that can be performed at home without equipment.

The book contains two sections, with the first introducing seniors to chair yoga, its benefits, requirements and precautions. It ends with helping you devise your own exercise plan according to your needs and ease.

The book's second section contains four chapters devoted to step-by-step yoga poses guidance for better flexibility, balance and stability, posture and boosting body strength. These chapters will also help you reduce back pain and muscle strain.

As I mentioned before, I am a physiotherapist with 9 years of professional experience. I deal with people of all ages daily, but most of my patients are seniors. My older patients find chair yoga the easiest way to improve their body health. They have claimed that independence and reducing body pain make them feel good mentally and reinforce a happy lifestyle. I have included the most effective yoga poses I personally suggest to my patients and have proven to work wonders for them, including my nana.

You must speak with your doctor before starting any new workout program and talk over any potential issues or adjustments that may be required.

Then we can get started on your wellness journey!