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Malkin Athletic Center (MAC). Classes started on the 10th. 495-2219. Aerobics info: 495-8683. FREE (yoga...
...everyone finds true love in yoga class, but there are other enduring benefits, both physical and spiritual, particularly for folks past 50. "Yoga is excellent for purging stress from the mind and the body, but it's also outstanding on a physical level," says Stryker, 41, who plans to make yoga videos with Tiegs. "Few forms of exercise benefit the whole body the way yoga does. It slows down the aging process by increasing breathing capacity and improving the range of motion for muscles and joints." Not only does it increase flexibility, it also improves balance and strengthens muscles...
...live that long, I don't want to be in a wheelchair," says Cross. He's determined to stay active, but a 100-mile bike ride three years ago damaged one of his knees, and a fall during a camping trip last year injured his back. Now he does yoga every day and says it helps him sleep better and feel less stiff when he gets up. "I don't think I'll ever stop...
There are as many different styles of yoga as there are teachers. In its purer forms, however, yoga (which means union in Sanskrit) is a kind of physical meditation, aimed at attaining enlightenment through mastery of the body. This is achieved by regulating the flow of breath while bending, twisting and stretching into postures, called asanas. The combination of mental concentration and physical exertion creates what enthusiasts describe as a blissful sense of oneness between mind and body, self and world...