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"A healthy outside, starts from the inside."
                     -Robert Urich 

"Aging is not lost youth, but a new stage of opportunity and strength." 
                                - Betty Friedan

"Health is a relationship between you and your body."
                     – Terri Guillemets

"Wellness is a connection of paths: knowledge and action."                             
                      – Joshua Holtz

Seated Stretching Improves Senior Health

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Chair exercises like stretching are perfect for seniors because they can be adapted for physical limitations, minimize the risk of injury due to falls, and still give health benefits.

Stretching helps ease joint pain and muscle aches and also improves mobility, flexibility, coordination, and circulation.

On top of the physical benefits, it also reduces stress and boosts mood.

Full Body Strength Workout

Strength training can also reduce the signs and symptoms of many diseases and chronic conditions in the following ways:
Arthritis—Reduces pain and stiffness, and increases strength and flexibility.
Diabetes—Improves glycemic control.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that older adults should strength train at least twice a week. 

Tai Chi Exercise

The ancient practice of Tai Chi provides an easy, be-kind-to-yourself way to energize the mind and unlock the joints and muscles.

Do this Senior Tai Chi exercise in the morning after your coffee to get ready for the day.

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