The graceful movements of dance offer seniors a unique opportunity to enhance their stability. Regular participation in dance classes helps older adults maintain and improve their balance—a critical ...

Redlands’ Joslyn Senior Center, at 21 Grant St., will host a dance Sept. 12 and offers yoga and meditation classes beginning in September. The center’s Afternoon Delight dance series will begin with a ...

When Maria started experiencing memory lapses at 73, her doctor suggested medications and puzzles. Instead, she joined a weekly dance class. Six months later, her cognitive assessments showed ...

Instructor Roberta Wong, back, leads residents of Demaree Crossing senior living community in a dance class through the Dance Every Journey program on Feb. 9. Dance Every Journey is a new nonprofit ...

Yoga is a terrific practice for all ages. Senior yoga is no exception. Yoga can help reduce stress, improve your mood, increase circulation, help you sleep better, and even improve your heart health.

"More than a third of Americans who practice yoga are age 50 and older," according to research by yoga therapist Carol Krucoff. Some have been doing yoga for decades. In fact, many seniors continue to ...

Chair yoga (practicing yoga with a chair) provides a relatively safe and stable way to move the body. While most chair yoga exercises are performed while seated, some poses use the chair as a prop to ...

Alice Sakaye, whose mom Maria Liang owns the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, says that dancing always made her mother and fellow studio patrons the happiest. Liang was “always making ...

Chair yoga is a safe and adaptable practice that improves mobility, strength, mood, and overall quality of life in older adults, including those with chronic conditions. Research highlights its role ...

Chair yoga can be useful for older adults who have difficulty with balance or want to improve their strength while minimizing the risk of falls. Chairs can provide stability or make an exercise easier ...