2023-12-28 19:04:43
By Eugenia Victoria Trubbo Faugas.
With the passage of time, and having already entered the adulthood and old agethe body goes losing mobility in the joints. Similarly, muscles begin to lack strength. Thus, we must remember that physical exercise is always necessary and vital at all stages of life.
In the case of older adults, engaging in regular physical activity helps strengthen and prevent loss of muscle mass, and to train balance, always consulting with the family doctor who endorses the exercises to be performed. However, there are recreational routines that all types of people can do, even those who have little or no mobility. Such is the case of yogaa discipline that uses various physical postures and multiple meditation and breathing exercises to improve the state of general health.
“I meet people who are in very good physical condition, who never stopped exercising. And there are others who have very reduced mobility. So, If one knows that, from the body, one has seven bodily referents, we try to move them all. We talk regarding the joints of the wrists, the foot, the neck,” he introduced Dora Díaz, Master in Yogatherapy and Therapeutic Yogaand specialized in Yoga for Seniors by the Argentine Yoga Federation; in dialogue with Telenueve Digital.
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Dora has been working with older adults for years. Whether at her institute, the Buenos Aires Yoga Center, or at the Encuentro y Salud Retirement Center of Balvanera (CABA), a place that receives dozens of retired professionals who, during their years of working life, fulfilled functions in the Dr. Juan P. Garrahan Pediatric Hospitala place of excellence in free public health.
“Working with them is like working with my peers”he highlighted and, in addition, stressed that “working with older adults is being able to find all those things that were lost along the path of life and, now, being able to manage them once more but from another place. We are not going to be 20 years old anymore, but as far as possible, We are trying to be able to take care of our body so that our soul wants to live in it.“.
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In a typical yoga class, teacher Dora assures that attendees leave “with a different attitude, regardless of the physical.” “We aim at the posture, the trunk. Also, the hip so that people can improve their posture and not lose their autonomy when walking and, in addition, we work on emotions through the postures of the face, hands and feet,” he explained.
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Yoga exercises for people in wheelchairs: guidelines to take into account when approaching the activity
That the little or no mobility of the body, a product of the years, logically, is not an impediment to enjoying, relaxing, exercising, working on the energy part and sharing with peers. With desire, motivation and a good disposition, everyone can enjoy yoga. “Those who don’t dare, I ask you to come and see what we do. You can really do yoga with little mobility. We can all do yoga postures, regardless of our mobility.“Diaz highlighted to Telenueve Digitalencouraging all retirees who want to delve into this great ancient, spiritual and corporal art.
As an example, Dora shares the case of an elderly student who, thanks to yoga, is regaining her autonomy. She can fend for herself. How important, right? “She attend yoga therapy and with this he seeks regain your autonomy to walk. That is, their autonomy will be given to them by muscular strength and the joint movement that I can recover,” he shared.
There is no doubt, anyone can do exercise and physical activity, regardless of their individual condition. Yoga is comprehensive and for everyone. You just have to be encouraged to discover a new universe, which will bring endless benefits for the body, mind and soul. “To give an example, in a routine, when we say ‘I open my chest’, leads us to bring our shoulder blades together. We take our shoulders back and open our chest, because having it closed is a sad attitude, of introspection. So, it is necessary to open it to show joy, desire, desire. It is a simple exercise where Not only do I give strength to my back, I am also working on my spiritual zone.just like with the hands and the face,” concluded Dora, in an exclusive interview for the team of Telenueve Digital.
Video editing: Martina Tortonesi.
Journalistic edition: Roxana Toral Reyes.
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