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What activity do you refuse to give up? How do you adapt to age?
Aging Well | Last Active: Jul 31 1:25pm | Replies (153)Comment receiving replies
I may never give up yoga. I am 76 and have been teaching for over 25 years. Doing yoga most of the time for over 40 years.
Have I changed how I teach? Of course. Have I helped others (and myself) adapt their practice to meet their current situations? You bet! That’s the beauty of yoga - it can change right along with you.
I have rhumatoid arthritis and it has caused pulmonary fibrosis (called RAIL-D). I use oxygen most of the time and when the RA kicks in I teach sitting in a chair.
It’s important to do what you love. Don’t give it up people - change the way you do it! Be well everyone!
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I feel the same way. I am 75 but I totally refuse to give up weightlifting, simply because it’s made such a positive change in my once skinny body.
Of course I can’t lift as heavy as I once did and that’s definitely upsetting to me, but I’m grateful to God I can still lift at all!
I’m just trying to keep on keeping on, and with the Lord’s help, I will!
saw your comment and agree totally. i am learning to keep doing what i love but adapt to the changes in my body. i used to speed walk for an hour, now i go for half an hour at a slower pace. i have taken up tai chi since i find it is gentle. i have health issues but am determined to be the best i can. it's a learning process. i hope your comments inspire people.
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My back is such that I now do chair yoga since I really can’t do the Iyengar yoga I used to love. I subscribe to the Yoga Vista online classes available 24/7 and geared to those over 50. One of the happiest moments of my life when I discovered those classes. As we age and our bodies change, we have to find ways to adapt and still do what we love. It may not be in the same form but it means not having to give it up completely.