Chair Yoga For Old Age People
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Shirley Raichle practiced yoga for many years, even taught it. But as the years passed, her flexibility decreased. Now, she cannot get up and down and do all the standing yoga postures or positions.
“I thought it was all over for me,” said Raichle, who is in her 70s.
That was before she discovered chair yoga at the William E. Hale Senior Activity Center in Dunedin. Participants in the chair yoga class can stretch, bend, twist and massage their bare feet — all while seated in straight-backed chairs.
“I’m thrilled to be able to do yoga again,” she said. More