RELAX INTO YOGA FOR SENIORS

Research proves that yoga helps with balance, pain, and overall health. The program in this book is specially
modified for seniors to prevent injury.

Managing the emotional and physical challenges that come with aging can be difficult. Seniors face a number of age-related issues, such as chronic pain, hypertension, heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, and anxiety and depression. Based on the pioneering Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors program offered at Duke Integrative Medicine and the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, this evidence-based, self-help workbook presents the twelve principles of practice for seniors, including those with limited mobility, guiding you safely—step-by-step, and with posture illustrations—on a sixweek program for improved balance, flexibility, and overall well-being.

Carol Krucoff, E-RYT, is a yoga therapist at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, where she offers individual sessions, workshops, and group classes for people with health challenges. Krucoff resides in Chapel Hill, NC. Kimberly Carson, MPH, E-RYT, is a health educator at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), in Portland, Oregon, specializing in the therapeutic use of yoga and mindfulness meditation for seniors and people with medical challenges. Carson resides in Portland, OR.