A more gentle form of yoga is catching on in some retirement communities. The yoga mat is replaced by the chair. Sometimes two. Instructor Lakshmi Voelker-Binder says her students can duplicate any ...
The elegant, silver-haired woman poked her head tentatively into my classroom as students were setting up their mats and chairs for a “gentle yoga” class. “Is it okay if I just watch?” she asked, then ...
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 ...
This is one yoga class where Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t welcome. A new studio on the upper East Side offers sessions for seniors, a group that can benefit from yoga by building strength and balance. At ...