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By SARAH THOMPSON
Review Staff Writer:

- Ten years ago, Charlotte
Brainerd, 65, couldn’t put her
arms up behind her head

without straining.

Now she’s mastered the cobra .
and the plough — intricate yoga
positions.

“So many seniors think they
can do nothing but sit and play

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bridge and bingo,”’ Brainerd ex-
plained. ‘‘I started 25 years ago
and am getting more and more
flexible.”’

Now a yoga teacher, Brainerd

says the exercise is especially
good for keeping alt ages flexi-
ble without strenuous physical
activity. ;

Five-seniors participate in her
class at the Silver Threads Cen-
tre.

Contrary to popular opinion,
she says, yoga is not twisting
limbs into positions © which
break the pain barrier.

Mental control of the body is
the key.

Brainerd starts the class off
gently with breathing exercises.

Did you know we breathe
unevenly through each nostril
— which affects the balance of
our mind? Brainerd teaches. her

class to breathe up one nostril
and out the other.

The breathing will also loosen
-tension in. the’ neck. . and
shoulders. Lightly tapping on
those areas after the exercises
also aids in relaxation, she says.
The plough, an ominous
.sounding position, is actually
quite simple. Brainerd asks the

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seniors to put their feet over
their heads with knees on the
floor. That exercise is designed
to pull on the shoulder area and
release tension.

The atmosphere is quiet and
relaxing — just the soothing

sound of Brainerd’s voice giving

instructions.

For some classes, she will use
Indian music but the seniors
prefer silence.

The class ends with autogenic
(self-induced) relaxation. ‘‘You
must make your body feel. very
heavy all over by putting atten-
tion on each part of the body,”
said Brainerd.

But falling asleep is |
allowed.

The idea is to relax the body
while maintaining. mental con-
trol,

Sarah Gunn, 67, who. has
practised yoga for more than a
year, said she finds.the hardest
position is the well-known lotus .;
postion, where both legs. are
folded up into the groin.

But. Brainerd maintains, the
more you practise the more flex-
ible you become to the point
where all the positions are easy
and can be held indefinitely.

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