10 best reasons older adults do gentle Yoga and martial arts practice

10 best reasons older adults do gentle Yoga and martial arts practice
Today br p millions of older Americans are a higher quality of life br an active and positive attitude to their personal well-being. br you have better health and a self-taught successful life by br personally responsible and proactive. The most successful is br the needs of body, mind and soul br for a whole wellness person model./p most know the research shows that regular exercise br offers a wide range of health and, what perhaps most importantly, br can function and independence. Less clear that their choice of where other can host br unexpected benefits. The choice of body and mind exercises such as yoga or soft martial arts br (such as Chi Gung, Tai Chi), older people could be to leave health br and vitality./p Yoga and Chi Kung (soft like any other art) are ideal for br older adults because she have a positive effect on the whole person: body br, emotions and spirit have. To increase the life energy, focus your body, the mind and nourish the spirit br strengthening br and soothing./p b the top ten of the reasons why older people a body soul practice: / b / p body b - i care of the body must improve the health br keeps your ability to function and maintain independence. Yoga and Chi Gung br reliable protection against falling - a major threat to the older generation! /. I / b / p b 1. Strengthening the muscles and bones... /. B Yoga builds MUSkelkraft and bone mass mainly br. br provoking the operational burden of yoga postures bone calcium to maintain. In yoga, br benefit the upper and lower load, such as walking or running br opposed./p b 2. Improved cardiovascular and respiratory health... /b br and Chi Gung soft martial arts are studies demonstrated that the blood circulation, br to improve health of the heart and lung function. Yoga breathing exercises are very powerful tools for br lung function, respiratory capacity and increase the physical energy br. Both the increased vitality and well-being./p b 3. Greater flexibility... /. B Yoga and Chi Gung br both general help function and movement br than increasing the flexibility, daily and to improve the protection against falls. Despite popular belief, you will be not br flexible practice yoga. The idea is, at the current level br with patience and compassion practice gently br yet smooth./p b 4. Better A good posture posture... /b call to keep healthy and strong our new strength and flexibility br your back. br healthy posture supports the digestive and respiratory functions. br bad attitude with bone loss in stress fractures./p b 5. Balance... /b better balance gives parents confidence that br freely and participate in sporting activities. br one of the main components of a senior fitness program is balance training. Seniors br, practice and activities that are br Yoga and Chi Gung train balance can the verheethe second death br lead non-discriminatory consequences a case - to prevent for seniors. Balance is an immaterial force that br many people take for granted./p b 6. Better energy... /. B Yoga and Chi Kung is essentially br old regeneration and compensate for our life energy. br while the sum of its parts, these techniques to renew the body gently. Concept br of "Chi" itself means "Energy" and "Chi Gung" means"energy work br literally."/p mind b - challenging i is mind to support key to br diseases such as Alzheimer's. Sure intellectual dimension of people br by learning new information and questions exploring require judgment br and decision making. The physical aspects of body soul practices br lead directly to a spiritual sense of personal responsibility, stability and balance br. /. I / b / p B 7. Intellectual stimulation... /. B order to learn the body movement is like learning a new language with its own vocabulary and rules br. It takes attention br. It is a discovery... a practice. The soft martial arts and yoga br also invite us to a way of thinking can be very br unknown for us to discover./p b 8. Emotional support... /. B br the philosophy of Yoga and Chi Gung infused us encourage taking into account the present aware and grateful that take the release us and our systems br <, br as we think things should be. This positive Outlook leads to a sense of calm and well-being br./p - spirit i b A new study zeigt that, if people withdraw them br new sense of time and their place in the world that their values and beliefs br; begin to change. Write a spiritual dimension, wellness behavior to your business to br provides additional advantages. In addition to yoga and Chi Gung br nature believe and "pay attention" strength and meditation br in all forms. /. I / b / p B 9. Following the big picture... /. B mindfulness br practice is a direct way to practice a truth to combine greater than ourselves. Practice br become quiet and preservative treatment, our inner wisdom br heard. Older adults have to find a wish "The meaning of life shown br." Practitioners of Yoga and the gentle art of a deep feeling of wealth br and unity in their lives./p B 10. Inner exploration... /. B central to the spiritual dimensions br older adults is the desire to discover the inner self. On demand it to look deep within us br, br exercises of Yoga and Chi Gung, "be" with us. We learn br to forgive our strengths and our weaknesses to celebrate br by practicing patience and concentration./p Copyright 2005 Karen B. Cohen all rights reserved./p