Yoga Aktuell 83 - 06/2013

Special Dossier: Staying young with yoga

In a way, we would all very much like to stay young: young at heart, young at mind and, on a physical level, young in terms of well-being and fitness. We cannot stop the years, but with yoga and meditation we can succeed in actually feeling young into old age - but at the same time equipped with all the treasures of experience that only a life lived can bring. "Staying young with yoga" is therefore the topic of this month's dossier. Among other things, with an extensive photo series by Ronald Steiner with yoga exercises on the chair!

Rediscovering Age

We all grow old, unless we die young. Every day we get a little older. What does that mean in times of anti-ageing, when age groups like the "best agers" are defined primarily as advertising target groups? By Nina Haisken.

Growing older with composure

Do we age more serenely with yoga and meditation? YOGA AKTUELL asked people from different contexts and age groups how yoga helps them to approach old age in a relaxed way. Interviews: Doris Iding.

Yoga? - I'm too old for that!

... Not at all! A workshop to join in, including sun salutations. All you need: a chair. By Ronald Steiner.

Yoga & the Age

"The maturity of old age, carried by the spirit of yoga, is the most beautiful thing of all that a person may experience, if he can experience this age "young"," says Sigmund Feuerabendt. For YOGA AKTUELL he describes what this means to him.

Mental alertness through meditation

Maintaining mental "fitness" for as long as possible is probably what most people wish for. Dr Heinz Hilbrecht, author of the book "Meditation and the Brain", explains in an interview with YOGA AKTUELL how regular meditation practice can help. Interview: Doris Iding.

Anti-ageing in Ayurveda

Six typical diseases of old age, and what you can do about them from an Ayurvedic perspective. By Prof. Hans H. Rhyner.

Ruth Maria Kubitschek: Growing older gracefully

Ruth Maria Kubitschek on the power that comes with age, dealing constructively with fears and the biggest fallacy about ageing. Interview: Doris Iding.

Seniors in the ashram

There are many elderly ashram residents and staff at Yoga Vidya in Horn-Bad Meinberg. Our author Heike Pöhlmann met some of them. By Heike Pöhlmann.

For further reading

Recommended literature on the topic of the dossier