Yes, step by step.
There is no age limit for practicing yoga, and you don't need much flexibility. Practicing yoga for the elderly can not only strengthen limbs, promote blood circulation, but also play a role in regulating emotions.
The reasons why the elderly are prone to fall, sprain and cervical diseases. That is, with the growth of age, people's physical functions will decline in various ways, their flexibility will become worse, and their arms and legs will become more inflexible. Some elderly people who practice yoga for the first time have difficulty in walking with their arms straight at first, but after practicing for a period of time, the flexibility of their hands and feet has been greatly improved. Yoga is to stimulate and dredge all parts of the body, accelerate the blood circulation of the body, and achieve the purpose of relaxing bones and muscles, enhancing strength and increasing muscle elasticity. Old people who have just come into contact with yoga, it is best to start practicing from basic postures and breathing methods.
In addition, many postures of yoga have auxiliary therapeutic effects on chronic diseases of the elderly, such as hypertension, heart disease and weakened cardiopulmonary function. Old people must practice slowly and lightly. When you get up from bottom to top, you should look up first and slowly improve your body to prevent cerebral hemorrhage from happening too fast.
Because of age and long-term work, some parts of the body have become stiff or even deformed, losing the straightness and elasticity of youth. Yoga is the best way to improve physical condition. By practicing step by step, the body will become softer and more elastic.