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Can the elderly practice yoga?
What will the elderly get from practicing yoga?

Middle-aged and elderly people are no longer suitable for strenuous and costly exercise because of their aging and degradation. Yoga is soothing and gentle, pays attention to nourishing and strengthening the body, and can cultivate one's morality. Suitable for everyone to practice, especially for middle-aged and elderly people.

General exercise can only stimulate blood circulation, but has no effect on glands, and too much exercise is easy to fatigue. Yoga posture is different from general exercise. It keeps the body in a static posture by slowly contracting some muscles of the body, and then relaxes the whole body, so that the muscles can be completely adjusted and rested, and energy can be stored in the body. In view of this, the elderly or weak people are particularly suitable for practicing yoga poses.

The fitness function of yoga for middle-aged and elderly people mainly includes the following aspects. First of all, when people reach a certain age, their physical functions will show signs of decline, and their arms and legs will become more and more inflexible. Practicing yoga can better help middle-aged and elderly people relax their muscles, strengthen their strength and increase muscle elasticity. Secondly, yoga not only pursues the health and harmony of the body, but also pursues the deep unity and perfection of the mind. Middle-aged and elderly friends have experienced many ups and downs in life, and their mood is not easy to be peaceful. Practicing yoga can play a certain role in regulating their mood. Thirdly, many postures of yoga have auxiliary therapeutic effects on chronic diseases of middle-aged and elderly people, such as hypertension, diabetes, poor sleep, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.

Of course, because the bones of middle-aged and elderly people are relatively stiff, they are not suitable for large-scale physical exercise. We should focus on short exercises for fitness and disease prevention. After phased training, the yoga moves that the elderly can do are gradually supplemented, from simple to complex, and gradually improved. Only in this way can we achieve harmony, peace and unity inside and outside the heart.

Professional coaches advise you that yoga must be practiced according to your own conditions. Everyone stretches to different degrees, but as long as you stretch to your most comfortable position, you can keep it for a while no matter where you are, and you will achieve the effect of exercise. Don't force yourself to feel uncomfortable.

Middle-aged and elderly people can practice yoga from the simplest posture. Reasonable course arrangement can lubricate the joints of the whole body, make qi and blood run smoothly, improve the rigidity of the body and get rid of some diseases. After your physical strength slowly recovers and your body becomes stronger, you can try to increase the intensity and difficulty of your movements, and then find an experienced coach to do some pranayama training, so that your breathing system can be strong, your breathing can be smooth, and your mood can be peaceful and detached. In the long run,

Our club specially designed and arranged a yoga posture course suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, so that the elderly can prolong their lives, strengthen their bodies and get rid of diseases and strengthen their bodies through yoga.