Yoga for Baby Boomers

Yoga for the Young at Heart offers realistic, accessible yoga programs for Baby Boomers, including our highly-acclaimed CHAIR YOGA DVD for those of us who spend way too much time at our desks!

“Baby Boomers have the potential to epitomize the concepts of active aging,” points out Colin Milner, CEO of International Council on Active Aging (ICAA). “Active aging means staying involved in life, and the Boomers are planning to do that. This age group is ready to take action to stay healthy and actively engaged with their friends, families and communities.”

Typically identified as people born between 1946 and 1964, Boomers are relying on better nutrition and exercise to stay active into their second 50 years. Boomers are embracing yoga, fully and in growing numbers, as a lifelong path for health and vitality.

"We Boomers are not passive about health," says Susan. "We're proactive and creative." By making yoga part of your daily routine, you can develop and maintain the fitness and relaxed attitude that supports you in living life on your terms...so you can enjoy every minute to the fullest!

Let Yoga for the Young at Heart programs be your guide to a fuller life, and a healthier body, mind and spirit. Susan's grace-filled style will enlighten and guide you.

Basic Series 1
Yoga for the Young at Heart

[ EASIEST ]

Gentle stretching exercises for vitality, strength and flexibility , ideally suited to Baby Boomers and beginners of all ages.

If you're committed to achieving increased vitality, strength, and flexibility, give yourself -- and a friend -- the gift of yoga. Susan Winter Ward’s gentle and specific instruction will guide you toward a notable increase in vigor and well-being.

Susan teaches a flowing sequence of poses that are linked together. This allows the body to move gently into the poses and smoothly transition from one pose to the next. A common comment after one of Susan’s classes is “I never thought I could do that!”

Acknowledged as an expert and pioneer in this field, Susan “wrote the book” on bringing the joys and benefits of yoga for seniors. Her “Yoga for the Young at Heart” book and video, especially for senior students, were the first of their kind on the market.

Basic Series 2
Accessible Yoga for Every Body

[ EASY ]

Are you intimidated by all those hard-bodied pretzel poses but have been wondering how you can take advantage of the life-enhancing benefits of yoga?

Join Susan's yoga class of “silvering” Baby Boomers for a gentle, relaxed, and effective yoga experience.

This beautifully produced video, the 2^nd in the Yoga for the Young at Heart Basic Series, will encourage you to new levels of strength and flexibility.

Susan guides this class with clarity of instruction and a sequencing of poses that will surprise you with what you can do. Start experiencing the many benefits of yoga. Regardless of your age and physical condition, you can begin right now. See how easy it can be to build strength, increase flexibility and support a healthier, more balanced and peaceful life.

Join with this Baby Boomer class of “regular people” as they inspire you to stretch and breathe your way to vitality and health. If they can do it, you can too!

Basic Series 3
Every Day Yoga for Every Body

[ SLIGHTLY MORE CHALLENGING ]

Ready for the next level? While Basic Series 3 is still designed for beginners, it is recommended for younger or more flexible students, or those who have mastered Basic Series 1 and 2.

Go for it! Live life to the fullest with zest!

Encouraging a stronger practice, Every Day Yoga for Every Body offers a class that helps you to build on the strength and flexibility you’ve developed with Accessible Yoga for Every Body and Yoga for the Young at Heart videos.

Enjoy the benefits and joys of yoga with all the classes of the Yoga for the Young at Heart Basic Series for a continuing, lifelong yoga practice.

Continue building your Yoga for the Young at Heart practice with a bit more challenging class, Every Day Yoga for Every Body. Join Susan and an inspiring class of Baby Boomers who will motivate you to keep your yoga practice moving to higher levels of fitness and deeper levels of strength and inner peace.

Honoring menopause, the beginning of an important life transition for boomers, is the overriding theme of this inspirational and empowering yoga program. It is

a perfect way to re-dedicate yourself to health and vitality through the menopause transition.

Throughout Embracing Menopause: A Path to Peace and Power, Susan Winter

Ward encourages you to

be centered, energetic and loving during the menopause process and into your next 50 years!

Susan challenges the commonly held paradigm of aging as the end of beauty and creativity. The menopause journey is a beginning, a time to celebrate your maturity. In this acclaimed program you will find support in becoming more powerful and energetic, less fearful and more accepting. Through this yoga program, you can own your highest vision of yourself.

In this award-winning program, Susan explains the benefits of yoga for healthy aging, guides breathing, and offers easy alternative and restorative poses, accompanied by Medwyn Goodall’s inspirational music, “Medicine Woman.”

Sitting Fit Anytime was featured by Dr. Andrew Weil in his September, 2005 newsletter, Self Healing.

Seated yoga also knonwn as chair yoga, is ideal for those of us who spend way too much time glued to our computers.

Sitting Fit Anytime will introduce you to a series of yoga stretches, all easily done in your chair. You never need to stand up to reap the benefits of yoga. Acclaimed instructor Susan Winter Ward guides you to mindfully relax, rhythmically breathe and stretch with increased flexibility. Your body and your mind will thank you!

With seated yoga, “the numerous benefits include increased strength and flexibility, improved circulation, and experience with breathing and relaxation techniques”, as noted by Dr. Andrew Weil, the today’s guru of healthy aging.

This unique program offers nine 3- to 5-minute segments of seated stretching and deep breathing help to maintain or build strength and flexibility while relieving the stress and tension associated with sitting for too long. Revitalize yourself and feel stronger and more alert with Sitting Fit Anytime, easy and effective chair yoga.