In India, it is considered ideal to start practicing yoga when you are in your fifties because you are entering a new and wiser time of life.
Yoga is easy to do and is a strong self-help tool for people of any age and ability.
It allows you to gently go to your limitations, explore and expand physically and emotionally so that attitudes become more positive and some of the confidence of youth returns. Older people often lead very sedentary lives. Many watch television for hours on end during which they sit poorly. This inactivity and poor posture contributes to back pain, stiffness, poor sleep, constipation, weakness, obesity and depression. Inactivity can also be a factor in heart disease, osteoporosis, joint stiffness and pain all of which contribute to decreased mobility.