Why Should Older Adults Practice Yoga?
What is the purpose of yoga?
Physical Activity Helps Prevent:
- Falls and hip fractures
- Loss of muscle mass & strength
- Osteoarthritis
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Osteoporosis
- Respiratory disease
- Mental deterioration
- Diabetes
Through purposeful and focused exercise yoga benefits your mind, body and spirit
The Mind
Promotes personal discipline
Increase Calmness
Improves Understanding
Elevates Awareness
Eases Stress
The Body
Yoga poses are designed to help
Improve Flexibility
Increase Muscular Strength
Decrease Joint Pressure
Improve Balance
Elevate Endurance
The Breath
Improves Oxygen flow to organs
Decreases pain
Lowers blood pressure
Promotes Circulation
ABOUT
Janet Rae Humphrey, C-IAYT, E-RYT, C-YFHA, C-IYFS is certified in three yoga specialties: Yoga Therapy, Yoga for Healthy Aging and Integrative Yoga for Seniors. As an experienced yoga teacher, she teaches the health-challenged and people from 50 to 100 helping them to age successfully. She is author of the book, Age Without Limits over 200 Chair and Standing Yoga Poses for Seniors and the Health Challenged and the video, Age Without Limits Yoga – Chair Poses from Head to Toe.
Janet's winning video for the Yoga Alliance Transformation Through Yoga contest
Janet's Credentials
E-RYT – A RYT is a yoga teacher who attended 200 hours of training in a Yoga Alliance approved program. The E before the RYT indicates over 2000 hours of teaching experience.
C-IYFS – Integrative Yoga for Seniors, formerly Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors, was developed by Carol Krucoff and Kimberly Carlson at Duke Integrative Medicine. In addition to 50 hours of training in teaching older bodies, minds and spirits, requirements for certification include creating and delivering a mentored project, submitting a teaching video, and passing an examination.
C-IAYT – The International Association of Yoga Therapists bridges yoga and healthcare. The members are committed to advancing yoga therapy education, training, research and the professional development of its members. The C-IAYT designation indicates advanced training, experience, and proven proficiency in teaching yoga therapy.
C-YFHA – Yoga for Healthy Aging, designed by Baxter Bell, M.D. and Nina Zolotow, provides a safe yoga practice for people from ages 50 to 65. Certification indicates 34 hours of training, demonstrated teaching ability and passing a written test.
YACEP – Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider is approved by Yoga Alliance to provide quality continuing education to YRTs.
Additional training in yoga anatomy and therapy, biomechanics of healing, BoomerPlus yoga, meditation, osteoporosis, hip replacements, fracture prevention, heart health, sacroiliac, arthritis, blood pressure, breathing, depression, anxiety, round bodies, chair yoga, psoas, shoulders, back pain, mindfulness and the brain, seeing and understanding bodies, yoga for women and men, shoulders, hands and wrists, and sacrum.
It's All About Healthy Living
Focused Breathing
Improve your cardio-pulmonary and nervous systems.
Meditation
Relieve stress and improve stress-related diseases.
Yoga
Increase your balance, flexibility, focus, happiness, stability and strength.