Stay Flexible and Fit for Life―Practical Yoga for Any Age

Now, you don’t have to take a yoga class to learn how to relieve pain, improve posture, and feel healthy. Yoga to Stay Young is the perfect, practical guide for active seniors who want to start from square one to build strength and gain flexibility for a lifetime.

From simple neck stretches to more advanced moves like the downward-facing dog and the tree pose, you’ll explore beginner-friendly poses guided by clear, color illustrations. You’ll perfect your form, find balance, get stronger, and manage pain. Yoga to Stay Young can help you get the most out of your new yoga journey. Yoga is a practice that can be tailored to everybody―all ages and physical ability levels. It’s never too late to learn these helpful poses and embrace a healthier lifestyle.

This essential yoga book includes:

• Get the facts―Discover the science behind yoga and learn how different poses can help with nagging pain and injuries.
• Master more than 40 poses―Follow step-by-step instructions for fundamental yoga poses―including low-impact chair yoga―organized by the parts of the body you’ll be isolating.
• Step up to sequences―Combine multiple poses into a simple series that can train your body for specific tasks and types of yoga movement.

Balance your way to healing and body bliss with this complete yoga guide for seniors.

My Review

I chose to read this book after receiving a free copy from the publisher. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.

After having neck surgery last summer, I wasn’t able to do much of anything for a few weeks until my bone was fused with the hardware that was placed in my neck. Since then, I’ve had trouble getting back my pre-surgery strength. Yoga to Stay Young is helping me do that! I’ve started with some of the beginning poses and plan on working my way up.

The instructions are simple enough for me to understand and at the beginning it explains the importance of the correct posture for the poses. Each pose tells what area(s) it is good for and reminders about the pose.

I like the last part, the sequences, the most. It lists suggested sequences of poses for everyday activities like waking up or playing cards or playing golf. It also has sequences for aches and pains which is helpful to overcome pain.

Yoga to Stay Young is a great book to get if you want to learn yoga, get moving, or stay moving.

About the Author

Rachel is an author, yoga teacher, speaker, and educational nerd based in Vancouver, BC. When she’s not cheerleading her students to better relationships, she loves helping yoga teachers find their voice and develop their skills. As an educational designer, she supports passionate yogis and studio owners create dynamic and effective educational experiences. She has taught over twenty 200-hour yoga teacher trainings.

A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, you can often find her in Texas at her parents’ farm where she tries to pet the chickens. She sings opera for fun.
E-RYT 500; BA Columbia University; Masters of Fine Arts, Acting; Masters of Science, Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies.

With 100+ fun activities for you and your child to do together, Yoga for Kids (and Their Grown-Ups) creates meaningful ways to connect while teaching them the concepts of yoga and mindfulness.

Doing yoga with your child is a special way of spending time with them. Yoga for Kids offers simple guidance for playful activities to help you bring the benefits of yoga and mindfulness into your child’s life. Regardless of your own skill level, Yoga for Kids has practices and techniques that you and your child will be able to enjoy.

As a former teacher and certified yoga instructor, Katherine Priore Ghannam has seen firsthand the positive affects of teaching yoga to kids. In Yoga for Kids, Katherine shows you exactly how to teach your child to disconnect from distractions and connect with themselves—right at home.

Yoga for Kids includes:

• Over 100 engaging activities, including essential poses, breathing exercises, meditations, yoga games, and more
• Clear illustrations of every pose and sequence
• Kid-friendly language to name and describe poses

From down dog to walking meditations, Yoga for Kids provides everything you need to teach your child yoga and mindfulness techniques. With Yoga for Kids your child will learn healthy ways of playing with their bodies—and with you.

Amazon link: Yoga for Kids and Their Grown-Ups.

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My Review

I chose to read this book after receiving a free copy. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.

Yoga for Kids and Their Grown-Ups is a fun and educational book for people of all ages. It is written for parents but uses instructions that are easy for children to understand. There are pictures for each pose and pictures at the back of the book that show the poses and corresponding page numbers for a quick reference. There are also tips for some of the poses that are easy to spot and even games to play to make yoga more fun!

There is a chapter on meditation which is a powerful tool that can be useful throughout their lives. I like the ages on the meditation exercises near the end of the book although I’m not sure my 4 year old great-nephew could sit still for even 3 minutes at this time though…maybe at nap time. 

Yoga for Kids and Their Grown-Ups is a great book for anyone interested in starting yoga. It is also a good tool for adults to spend time with their kids, grandchildren, students, etc. 

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About the Author

Katherine Ghannam is the founder of Headstand, a non-profit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Leading a national movement to integrate mindfulness and yoga in K-12 schools, she oversees school programming, fundraising, strategic partnerships, and organizational sustainability. Katherine leads workshops training teachers around the country and strategizes with school leaders to develop cultural shifts for greater wellness in K-12 schools. She began her studies in mindfulness and yoga seventeen years ago as a way to relieve stress as a public school teacher. Katherine is the recipient of a Jefferson Award for outstanding service to her community and has been featured on CBS and NBC news for her commitment to building more serene and sustainable environments for K-12 students and teachers. 

Katherine’s new app, Time In Kid, is the creative mindfulness resource for kids and parents who want to spend time in, not time out.