Yoga for Seniors

Hailey came to me distraught from lack of sleep and constant hot flushes. Her doctor’s only recommendation was Hormone Replacement Therapy, but Hailey wanted to see if I had any natural recommendations…

Several years ago, I sat outside of my first gentle yoga class at Yoga Barn in Bali, my emotions as turbulent as the jungle air around me. The tiny voices of a thousand insects struck me as I waited in the humid air. Read More

Many years ago, I had the pleasure of working with Elizabeth Kubler Ross. As you may know, in her book, On Death and Dying, Elizabeth described the 5 stages of grief: anger, denial, bargaining, depression and, finally, acceptance. Read More

As a woman over 60, are you alarmed at the slump in your shoulders? Have the upper shelves at the grocery store become a stretch too far? Does a painfully stiff neck account for your straight-ahead view of the world?

The coronavirus has shaken us up. Even if you never get it, and don’t know anyone who has, the virus and our reactions to it have changed us individually and collectively…

The seven Chakras provide us with a wonderful road map for how to age gracefully. Our second chakra is Svadhisthana. The color is orange, the element is water, the energy is connection…

The word “Chakra” comes from Sanskrit, translating in English to “wheel” or “disk.” The Chakras are the seven main spiritual moving energy centers within our bodies that combine the emotional…

For millions of us women over 60, nothing is as frightening as the thought of falling. The risk of losing our independence to a serious fall has led many of us to reduce or abandon activities we once loved…

All my friends were doing it, but I thought yoga was… stupid. It looked like a bunch of women wishing they could get into shape but refusing to put forth the necessary effort…

A downward dog, a curling cat, an arching cow and a lying-down locust. What do the members of this unlikely menagerie have in common? They’re all poses you’ll encounter in the fourth and final installment of Sixty and Me’s free Gentle Yoga Flows…