50+ yoga class

“My dilemma is where to start. At the beginning I suppose! My 50+ Yoga class has now been running for over two years and it has become so familiar and lovely to teach that it feels I have had it in my life for years.
...I was then persuaded by two of my older friends to consider starting a class for their age group. They wanted to experience the joy of Yoga but felt slightly uncomfortable attending a class filled with young people. I duly placed an advert in my local paper and within a week had 14 willing students signed up for the following term. The youngest of the group was just 50 and oldest was 67! None of them had ever done any Yoga before and they were all excited about the prospect of something new in their ‘golden years’...”

The article, written by Sharon Hull, goes on to describe how she adapted some of the asanas to bring them into line with the physical capabilities of this age group, and what she has learnt as a teacher and student herself from this class.