Yoga comes of age: Considered radical in the ’60s, yoga proves beneficial for those over the age of 60

By Holly Glen Gearhart, Contributing Writer
While practiced in the East for hundreds of years, yoga was new to the West back in the 1960s, and the health benefits of yoga were not widely identified until recent decades. In the ’60s young people looked to yoga as an alternative practice to lead to a more fulfilling life.

Now in their 60s, 70s and 80s, those same people are returning to yoga, which has become one of the most accepted forms of exercise, and it is often included as part of wellness programs designed for improving the health of the senior population.

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