Repeat 3 to 5 times. Maintain an awareness of your breath throughout the yoga practice. Be aware of the process of moving from one pose into the next, pausing in a pose for 3 to 5 breaths, and flowing gracefully and gently into the next pose, and so on. Seniors are becoming increasingly active. From January 1996 until the year 2000 every 7.5 seconds someone in the US is turning 50.
Yoga is more effective than pumping iron for building strength, flexibility, and muscle tissue.
It is clinically shown to lower blood pressure, increase circulation, build muscle tissue, increase flexibility, relieve stress and stress-related symptoms, and strengthen the respiratory system. While our lives seem to be spinning at ever increasing speeds, yoga is emerging as an effective way to slow down and stay balance while creating physical and mental vitality. Through yoga we can develop physical vitality, mental clarity, and heightened spiritual awareness. Yoga is more effective than aerobics for building stamina and breath control and more relaxing than jogging. Yoga offers relief from symptoms of menopause, can counteract osteoporosis, cleanse internal organs, energize the nervous system, balance out the digestive system and relieve headaches and lower back pain.