Yoga for Seniors
Where age is just a number. Growing gracefully with yoga
Yoga for Seniors
Yoga is an effective, time-tested, and holistic approach to optimizing your health along with receiving timely medical treatment. The comprehensive mind-body approach of yoga empowers you to stay active and reduce anxiety and stress during or post cancer treatment.
These classes are suitable for two groups:
Yoga for Seniors: Seniors are the most precious group of participants in yoga. Yoga provides a wonderful opportunity for seniors to come together, practice yoga and hang out with each other while laughing and making yogi friends.
Yoga For Rehabilitation: This class is suited for anyone who wants to practice chair yoga for their rehabilitation from surgery, cancer and chemotherapy, stroke rehabilitation, or any other neurological disorders.
Days/Times: Tues/Thurs 4.00 PM PST/6.00 PM CST/7.00 PM EST
(Ongoing classes except for federal holidays and other select holidays Classes are 65-75 mins long)
Class Type: Chair Yoga
Fees: These classes are Free for seniors. People who want to take these classes as gentle restorative practices, please contact us at classes@yogabharati.org
Details: The goal of these classes is to provide yoga practices to improve physical strength, flexibility, fun, and mental tranquility. Our chair yoga practices include yogasanas, breath work, relaxation, and meditation.
Teachers: Classes are taught by our yoga teacher volunteers well trained in senior classes.
Note: Please call us or email us at classes@yogabharati.org for any health needs.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve never tried yoga before—it's never too late to start!
Yoga Bharati seniors practice mindful movements to deepen their meditation.
Our Yoga Offerings - Adults and Kids
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Yoga for Adults
Our classes are aimed to help with overall quality of life and wellbeing a. physical and mental level. We bring holistic yoga practices that include yoga poses, pranayama, meditation and relaxation. We offer yoga or chronic ailments and stres and weight management. Our classes are available in-person in different locations and also online.
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Kids Yoga
Our Kids classes are aimed to bring focus, concentration, and help to improve sustained attention and executive functioning. We bring holistic yoga practices that include yoga poses, pranayama, meditation, chantings of simple syllables and Sanskrit mantras. We include age-appropriate yogic games to make it fun and to teach them presence of mind.
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Senior Yoga
Our senior classes include yoga poses, pranayama, meditation and relaxation. These classes strengthen their body's ability to manage health conditions, stress and weight, improve overall health, and bring tranquility. Seniors look forward to these classes. As an online community, they inspire and energize each other with their humor and.social time after the sessions.
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Prenatal Yoga
Our prenatal classes are applicable for all three trimesters of pregnancy. We focus on breath awareness and gentle poses for moms-to-be. We give stress management techniques and prepare them for safe childbirth. Women bond with eah other and enjoy the sense of well being. The convenience of online at-home yoga makes it affordable for them.
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Yoga Therapy
We offer yoga for back pain, neck pain, arthritis, respiratory disorders, diabetes mellitus, metabolic disorders such as cholesterol problems, mental health conditions, cancer, neurological disorders and women's health conditions among others. Taking charge of your health and engaging in Yoga Therapy brings life into your years.
Our Approach of Yoga
Our approach to yoga is holistic and aligns with a 5000-year-old system of total wellness from ancient India. The yogic system was based on the core belief that a human being's natural state is one of optimal health and wellness.
When we reduce our disturbances in physical, mental, and emotional health, we function at our optimal potential. In our yoga classes, we emphasize breath awareness for sharper focus, loosening practices to prepare for yogasana, yoga poses for mind/body awareness, relaxation practices to let go of any stress and stagnations of the mind, and finally, pranayama/meditation for a deeper connection with oneself. Yoga enhances the quality of life, helps reduce weight & helps manage chronic conditions.
Yoga as a Holistic Practice
Our techniques aim at holistic health with breath awareness, loosening, asanas, pranayama, and relaxation techniques. They are effective in weight management, in balancing our metabolism, and stress management.
Stretch & Restore
Practicing asanas can provide deep stretch to the muscles and relieve muscle spasms due to stress, inactivity, or overuse. When the muscle fibers are lengthened, the overall strength improves. These practices help gym-goers, sports practitioners, and overworked individuals with muscle stiffness.
Breath Synchronized Movements
Gentle movements with breath synchronization rejuvenates the body, calms down the mind, and improves lung capacity. Excellent for Anxiety, Stress, and Asthma management.
Loosening & Dynamic Practices
Joint loosening practices give flexibility and strength to the small muscles & tendons that connect the joints. Fast-paced yoga techniques followed by deep relaxation remove lethargy and prepare the body for asanas.
Core Strength
Yoga practices stretch and strength core muscles & help strengthen the back. These asanas are for people with back, neck, and shoulder pains. These practices are for all levels and needs. Excellent for people who have jobs that require sitting all day.
Meditation and Relaxation
Our holistic yoga sessions end with relaxation and Meditation. They promote positive health of the body and mind, and help us connect to the deeper Self. These practices help build awareness, provide holistic healing and promote spiritual quotient. This is the ultimate goal of yoga.
‘Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.‘
- SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Through a series of yoga asanas, breathing, and Pranayama, our classes help manage disease, stress, weight, and other special needs. Wellness classes provide a positive health experience for both kids and adults alike. We offer a wide variety of classes for various groups online and in person.
At Yoga Bharati, we are committed fostering and inclusive environment where all individuals regardless of their background or ability level can experience the transformative benefits of yoga.