In fact, women should all practice yoga as soon as they reach the age of 30, because yoga can help slow down the rate of aging and make people healthier and live longer.
1. Yoga can keep a person active
According to doctors’ advice, the best exercise to keep people healthy in their senior years is yoga, which can slow down the aging rate of various organs, keep the body active and reduce the possibility of accidental injuries.
2. Yoga can improve body flexibility
As you age, your body becomes stiff and inflexible. Through the practice of yoga asanas, you can maintain your body’s flexibility and balance, which can improve your athletic ability and keep your spine soft.
3. Yoga can help you better solve menopause problems
Stress, insomnia, weight gain, dry skin, irritability, osteoporosis, etc. are some of the problems that menopausal women face, and you can use yoga to relieve the various physical symptoms that occur during menopause.
4. Yoga can strengthen your skeletal system
Fractures caused by osteoporosis are quite common in women over 60, and yoga can help slow down the rate of bone density loss, bone pain and inflammation can also be relieved by way of yoga, research shows that women over 60 years old practicing yoga can improve the “age” of their bones for at least 2 years.
5. Yoga can improve your mind and brain function
Yoga can help improve memory and prevent various age-related cognitive problems, such as downward dog or inverted arrow pose, which can improve blood circulation and keep the mind alert.Today we introduce you ten simple and practical yoga asanas that women over sixty should practice to slow down aging and let yoga “freeze” your age.
- Mountain Pose
Stand in mountain pose, hands together above your head, fold your upper body forward from the hips, then gently bend your knees, if you have the strength to push your chest out, bend your arms back and hold for at least 30 seconds.
- standing forward bending stretch
Stand in mountain pose, straighten your legs together, fold your upper body forward from the hips, hold your hands on the back of your calves, lift your hips up, feel the stretch in your back, and hold for at least five breaths.
- downward dog pose
Prepare with four corner support, arms and thighs perpendicular to the earth, hook your toes inward, step on the ground with your toes, lift both knees off the ground with inhalation and stretch your legs. Keep your arms and back in a line and keep them there, lift the tailbone of the sit bones, try to step on the ground with your heels, and keep at least five breaths.
- Warrior One Pose
Stand in mountain pose with legs separated by a step or so. With the inhalation, raise your arms upwards over your head, hands together, and keep your arms straight. With breathing, bend the right knee, know that the right thigh is parallel to the ground, the right calf is perpendicular to the ground, the thigh and calf are at right angles, the bent knee should not exceed the toe.
- Sitting forward bending stretch
Sit on the yoga mat with your legs together and straight, hook your toes back, bend your upper body forward, use your hands to grab your toes or hold them on the outside of your feet, feel the stretch in your back, hold for 20-30 seconds.
- baby pose
Kneel on the mat with your feet together, inhale, while exhaling, stretch your hands forward, bend your upper body down to the floor, keep breathing normally in this pose, continue to stretch your hands forward while exhaling, do not leave your hips at your ankles, keep 5 to 10 breaths.
- Bound Angle Pose
Take a smooth sitting posture, bend both knees as low as possible to both sides, the palms of the feet are opposite to each other, hold the feet with both hands, keep the upper body straight, and maintain a steady breathing for at least thirty seconds.
- supine knee-hugging pose
Lie flat on your back, bend your knees, grab the knee of your left leg with both hands and pull it toward your torso, maintain this position for twenty seconds, repeat the exercise twice for both legs.
- Cobra Pose
Lie down on the mat or floor, put your hands on both sides of your body, separate your five fingers, put the back of your feet on the ground, support your hands on both sides of your body, breathe in, lift your chest, keep your elbows slightly bent, open your chest, relax your shoulders, keep breathing deeply for one minute.
- jerking pose
Lie down on the mat, relax your body completely, place your arms naturally on both sides of your body, palms facing up, close your eyes and observe your breathing, experience the relaxation that yoga brings to your body and mind, keep it for three minutes or longer.
Yoga will help your body function properly and make you feel energetic, so make sure you practice yoga at least three times a day or week. Yoga is the secret to slowing down the aging process, so get started!
