Recently I had a problem with my lower back on the right hand side. This is unusual for me but when I traced back to what might have caused the problem I discovered it was gardening – bending but then sweeping up all the leaves in an asymmetrical manner. So I needed to ease the…
Category: Yoga for retired people
Yoga 21 : your comfort blanket for the new year
Chakra Blanket Relaxation Technique It’s the new year, its cold in the north. My yoga class returned last night after the festivities, raring to go. We did a relaxation technique involving sitting back to back with a partner but it can be done alone / on a chair/against a wall. You imagine yourself wrapped in…
Yoga 20, yoga and the changing seasons
I’ve come to realise that changing my daily yoga routine is a good thing, rather like changing along with the rhythm of the seasons. It’s too easy to stay in your comfort zone so I’ve been adding some poses I would normally find challenging. I’m sharing a short routine that is safe but strong. …
Balance for mind and body in retirement
A theme for these blogs and perhaps more relevant at these times, has been the notion of keeping balanced. The idea of balance in our lives is an area I will write about in future blogs, in this one Mrs Summerhouse offers her version based on her yoga skills. Yoga balancing postures require concentration and…
Yoga 18 : A brief look at Mindfulness for retired people
Why might awareness of the moment or mindfulness, as it is now popularly known, be a good thing for a retired person? The techniques of mindfulness and its link to yoga, which I will describe in a moment, have a calming and relaxing effect on the mind and for many of us in reirement, this…
Yoga 17 : Full Heart
It’s been a while since Mrs summerhouse’s last yoga blog so here’s one in time for Christmas. It’s getting to the time of year when people are preparing to give and share and enjoy the celebration of Christmas. I try to echo some of the positive feelings in my yoga sessions. There are many yoga…
Yoga 16 : Limbering for yoga in retirement
Yoga limbering is a very important part of the daily practice. Especially after a summer break from classes. Apart from mentally preparing for the postures (Asanas) the gentle movements give the body time to adjust and warm the muscles and skeletal system. As we get older we need to pay particular notice of limbering before…
Yoga 15 : Sitali Pranayama (cooling breath)
I don’t know about where you are but here we’ve been having, what for us, has been hot weather. It’s over now and so probably is our summer but nevertheless the weather has prompted this yoga blog. During warm weather one of the breathing techniques practised to cool down the body and calm the mind…
Yoga 14 : Retirement and coping with back pain
Mr Summerhouse has been in need of my assistance recently in my role as yoga teacher. He has been suffering with lower back pain and unlike him has not been to see the doctor! Having hopefully helped some of my yoga group with the same problem I am sharing this simple sequence to help others who…
Yoga 13 : Retirement and yoga and working with an injury
This is our attempt to get back to the routine of publishing a regular blog on yoga for retired people after the blogs problems with the server. Unfortunately, because I type these yoga blogs directly into WordPress rather than Word, I have no record of Yoga 12, it has disappeared into the blogasphere for ever….