{"id":20564,"date":"2018-10-24T23:35:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T23:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.yogaesoteric.net\/yoga-en\/yoga-practice-1587-en\/yoga-empowers-seniors\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T23:35:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T23:35:01","slug":"yoga-empowers-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/yoga-empowers-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga empowers seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yoga is such a profound practice when it comes to living holistically, as it upgrades all aspects of our being – the physical body, the mental and emotional body, and the spirit. It’s also accessible to every single kind of body – flexible, stiff, short, tall, big, small, young and old. The yoga door is always open to those who wish to enter. And once you do, you’ll find just how truly empowering yoga is.<\/p>\n

A recent study published in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine examines the physical performance effects and biomechanical correlates on a group of twenty seniors over the age of seventy. This Yoga Empowers Seniors Study consisted of thirty-two weeks of bi-weekly, hour-long HATHA YOGA classes, in which all participants had their functional performance, flexibility, muscle strength, and balance evaluated – at week 16, and again at week 32.<\/p>\n

The findings were every bit as positive as you would’ve guessed! Now there is even further evidence to support the need for more yoga programs for seniors – in yoga studios, hospitals, online, and in community dwellings.<\/p>\n

While flexibility and balance remained about the same after the 32-week yoga intervention, physical function and muscle-specific lower extremity strength – as measured through timed chair stands, 2-minute step tests, vertical reach, and a practice called the 8-foot up and go – improved significantly. What’s more, isometric knee flexor strength and heel rise repetitions also improved.
\nThe study found that yoga significantly improves physical function and muscle-specific lower extremity strength. <\/p>\n

There are plenty of examples in the world of people in their senior years of age, who have an astonishingly healthy physical body and mind by practicing yoga. <\/p>\n

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\nTao Porchon-Lynch, age 98. She practiced yoga since she was 8.\n <\/p>\n

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\nLe Mingchao, 74 year-old yoga instructor in Hangzhou, China.\n <\/p>\n

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\nBette Calman, 83. Teaches 3 yoga classes per week.\n <\/p>\n

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\n91-year-old Xiao Qinglian, doing a yoga pose
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\n97 years old Ida Herbert during a yoga class.\n <\/p>\n

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\nHou Zhenshan, 85, practiced yoga for the last 30 years.\n <\/p>\n

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\nBernice Bates doing her yoga practice at age 91.\n <\/p>\n

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\nKazim Gurbuz showing a yoga pose at age 95.\n <\/p>\n

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\n yogaesoteric
\nOctober 24, 2018<\/strong>
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