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Yoga: A Stress-Reducing Regimen that is Perfect
for Baby Boomers

Feeling stressed? Yoga may be the perfect fitness option to help you relax, clear your mind and ease any pain and stiffness from more rigorous workouts. It’s one of the fastest-growing fitness trends today, especially among Baby Boomers.

“We Boomers are committed to staying active, productive, and young at heart,” said Susan Winter Ward, an internationally recognized yoga instructor. “We’re not interested in beating up our bodies with pumping iron and pounding them with jogging anymore. Yoga is the perfect alternative.”

Yoga, meaning “to join or yoke together,” combines exercise, breathing and meditation, which “brings the body and mind together in one harmonious experience,” according to the American Yoga Association. Just 20 minutes a day or 1-2 classes per week can greatly improve flexibility, balance, energy, strength and productivity, experts say. Added benefits are stress reduction, relaxation and inner contentment.

Susan recommends beginning with a gentle and accessible yoga class. “Find a teacher who inspires you and make your yoga a priority for one month. After that, it will have become a practice that you won’t want to miss,” she said.

Susan Winter Ward

Susan Winter Ward is an internationally recognized certified yoga instructor, author, and award-winning video producer. She is the creator of Yoga for the Young at Heart™, (www.yogaheart.com) a leading publisher of yoga exercise DVDs for Baby Boomers, seniors and beginners of all ages.

Susan’s joy is to bring yoga to those who wouldn’t otherwise think they could do it. “If you’re breathing, you can do yoga,” says Susan. Her goal is to change the traditional view of aging from the expectation of decrepitude to one of healthy, dynamic, and creative in your 50s, 60s and beyond.

 

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