Yoga and Stretching

According to John Hopkins Medicine:

If you’ve done your “downward dog” yoga pose today, you’re probably feeling more relaxed. Regardless of your level of yoga expertise, if you’re practicing regularly, you can feel better from head to toe.

Yoga offers physical and mental health benefits for people of all ages. And, if you’re going through an illness, recovering from surgery or living with a chronic condition, yoga can become an integral part of your treatment and potentially hasten healing.

Benefits:

1. Yoga improves strength, balance and flexibility.

Slow movements and deep breathing increase blood flow and warm up muscles, while holding a pose can build strength.

2. Yoga helps with back pain relief.

Yoga is as good as basic stretching for easing pain and improving mobility in people with lower back pain. The American College of Physicians recommends yoga as a first-line treatment for chronic low back pain.

3. Yoga can ease arthritis symptoms.

Gentle yoga has been shown to ease some of the discomfort of tender, swollen joints for people with arthritis.

4. Yoga benefits heart health.

Regular yoga practice may reduce levels of stress and body-wide inflammation, contributing to healthier hearts. Several of the factors contributing to heart disease, including high blood pressure and excess weight, can also be addressed through yoga.

5. Yoga relaxes you, to help you sleep better.

Research shows that a consistent bedtime yoga routine can help you get in the right mindset and prepare your body to fall asleep and stay asleep.

6. Yoga can mean more energy and brighter moods.

You may feel increased mental and physical energy, a boost in alertness and enthusiasm, and fewer negative feelings after getting into a routine of practicing yoga.

7. Yoga helps you manage stress. 

According to the National Institutes of Health, scientific evidence shows that yoga supports stress management, mental health, mindfulness, healthy eating, weight loss and quality sleep.

8. Yoga connects you with a supportive community. 

Participating in yoga classes can ease loneliness and provide an environment for group healing and support. Even during one-on-one sessions loneliness is reduced as one is acknowledged as a unique individual, being listened to and participating in the creation of a personalized yoga plan.

9. Yoga promotes better self-care.

Yoga Flow for After 50 Fitness At Home Stress Reduction

For strength training that loves your hormones, joints, and metabolism that fat hates. Yes to yoga!

In the presence of the right strength training and cardio options for your exercise-in-menopause routine it’s a perfect way to decrease the hormones that are an obstacle in energy and fitness and green light the ones you want instead. 

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15-Minute Yoga Daily Practice | Women Over 50

Enjoy this short yoga practice! It’s all you need on a busy day. Your Sun Salutations can BE your practice, allowing you to fit it in any time. It’s best for hormone balancing if you can’t exercise until late in the day.

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30 Minute Flow Yoga Session for Flipping 50 | Women Over 50

Enjoy this short tension-reducing holiday yoga session designed to open the heart, hips, and enhance breathing.

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Simple stretches for Hip Mobility

If you sit too much during the day or you’re exercising regularly or both, the hips are likely to be tight. If you have lower back issues or knee trouble either might be partially due to hips being tight.

Use these four simple gentle hip stretches to help release and relax hips before you go on to try something more aggressive.

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5 Minute Full Body Stretching Routine For Women Over 50!

Stretching exercises!

5 Minute Full Body Stretching Routine for women over 50 for flexibility and increased mobility. Relaxing and calming stretching routine for all levels and suitable for seniors and beginners. You will feel calm, relaxed and feel like you’re floating on air! Daily stretching is essential for women over 50 because as we age we can lose 50% of our flexibility, causing stiffness in the body and soreness in our joints.

Do this daily stretching routine so you can keep your body fit, healthy and limber for many years to come.

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