"More than a third of Americans who practice yoga are age 50 and older," according to research by yoga therapist Carol Krucoff. Some have been doing yoga for decades. In fact, many seniors continue to ...

Chair yoga can be useful for older adults who have difficulty with balance or want to improve their strength while minimizing the risk of falls. Chairs can provide stability or make an exercise easier ...

When people grow old, they tend to face balance issues and fall often. Improving strength and staying fit is also needed to ...

If you want the benefits of yoga but are little unsure about your mobility or balance, chair yoga for seniors may be the ideal ergonomic workout for you. You don't have to worry about balancing on one ...

Chair yoga (practicing yoga with a chair) provides a relatively safe and stable way to move the body. While most chair yoga exercises are performed while seated, some poses use the chair as a prop to ...

For some, the road to enlightenment begins with sitting down. Taking a seat is a first step for participants of chair yoga, a low-impact, high-benefit variation of the physical, spiritual and mental ...

While not a cure-all, yoga offers countless health benefits to seniors. Credit...Thea Traff for The New York Times Supported by By Amanda Loudin In his mid-60s, Lawrence Nees noticed a few aches and ...

DEEP RIVER, Conn. (WTNH) – “They close their eyes, take some deep breaths, do a little body scan,” says Meg Spaulding, owner of Aspen Yoga, who is one of the participants in her unique class for ...

NEW YORK — Marian Rivman is pushing 80. Harriet Luria is a proud 83. In this trio, Carol Leister is the baby at 62. Together, they have decades of experience with yoga. Only now, it involves a chair.