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Yogaland Podcast

Yoga for Healthy Aging with Baxter Bell

Yogaland Podcast

Andrea Ferretti

Health & Fitness, Yoga, Yogaland

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that the fastest growing demographic of new yogis is the 55 and older set? Neither did I. I learned all sorts of fascinating facts, statistics, and new research from this week's guest, Baxter Bell.


Together with his co-author, Nina Zolotow, Baxter has a new book, Yoga for Healthy Aging and that's the main focus of this episode. I can't think of two people better-positioned to write this book: Baxter spent years practicing medicine as a family doc before becoming a yoga therapist and practicing acupuncturist. Nina is the author of several books on yoga and is a certified yoga teacher, having studied extensively with esteemed teachers like Rodney Yee and Donald Moyer.


I don't know about you, but Jason and I have tried -- unsuccessfully! -- to get our parents to do yoga. This book reminds me of how beneficial yoga practice is as we age. I think it's a vital and meaningful book for any thoughtful yoga teacher's toolkit.


In this week's podcast we learn more about:

* The story behind Baxter and Nina's new book Yoga for Healthy Aging: A Guide to Lifelong Wellness

* Why "health span" might be a better goal than a longer life span.

* How holding yoga poses can assist with bone strength.

* His perspective on "resting" the heart in addition to exercising it.

* How spending time barefoot can assist with balance and proprioception as we age.

* The importance of flexibility, agility, strength, and balance as we age -- and how they overlap and influence each other.

* The best thing we can do to improve cognitive function over time. (It's not crossword puzzles)


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0:16.2

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0:25.0

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0:30.0

Hey everyone, I'm Andrea Ferretti and this is episode 92 of Yoga Land.

0:34.8

I know what you are.

0:38.8

Today my guest is Baxter Bell. Baxter Bell is an old friend. I know him through

0:47.0

Jason and through Yoga Journal and he has just written, co-written a book with Nina Zolato, and it's called Yoga for Healthy Aging.

0:56.4

And that's what we focus on today.

0:59.2

You'll notice that I ask Baxter a lot of questions about studies in the book and I trust him more than I trust

1:06.5

myself with interpreting studies because Baxter was formerly a family dock before he moved into the yoga profession and he is a

1:17.5

certified yoga therapist and he also is a practicing acupuncturist.

1:23.7

So he just has a really deep understanding

1:28.3

of scientific studies, how they're written,

1:31.0

how they're formulated, and how to interpret the data.

1:34.0

I learned a lot from their book.

1:36.0

I think it's both very user-friendly to someone who perhaps has not done yoga,

1:42.0

like your mom or your grandma or your auntie.

1:45.9

It's also, for me, it was just a great read because they do cite a lot of different studies

1:50.6

and things that I hadn't heard of before. So without further ado, enjoy the interview with Baxter.

1:58.2

I'm so excited to talk to you today Baxter. It's been a while.

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