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JK... If you have good balance any of those yoga classes could work for you. It depends on your preference for a more athletic or more meditative practice. Yin can feel very slow if you want more movement because it is designed to work on the facia, the connective tissue in your body, rather than muscles and the postures are mainly stretches that you hold for 4-6 minutes while breathing deeply into the poses. Perhaps you'd like Vinyasa (again if you have good balance) or a Gentle Hatha or Vinyasa class. Barre is great for strength training and balance. Also pay attention to how you resonate with a particular teacher as that can influence how you like a particular class. Let me know if you have other questions and I'm happy to try and help. Margot

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Thanks, @margottaylor Now if I can just work up the confidence to be the newbie in a class I will go. I cannot stand for long on one foot, barely at all on right. All of the instructors at my club are very good about telling people to modify to meet their own abilities. I know nothing about Barre really and have presumed that it would be too much for me. I'm not in bad shape for my age, I go the gym at the club generally 3 days a week and do water aerobics another three days a week, but I am old (71) and went too many years being too sedentary and very overweight.
JK