{"id":1790,"date":"2025-07-05T09:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:18:35","slug":"the-challenge-of-promoting-yoga-among-older-persons-in-rural-rajasthan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/the-challenge-of-promoting-yoga-among-older-persons-in-rural-rajasthan\/","title":{"rendered":"The challenge of promoting yoga among older persons in rural Rajasthan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Yoga Week, 21 \u2013 28 June, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bu<\/em><em>z<\/em><em>urg to khud kasrat k<\/em><em>a<\/em><em>rte hi nahi hai<\/em><em>n<\/em> &#8212; \u201colder persons just don\u2019t exercise on their own\u201d, said one of ARTH\u2019s field workers during the team\u2019s monthly review meeting. \u201cWhen we explain the benefits of exercise, older persons understand and readily agree, and yet do not make it a part of their daily routine\u201d. With increase in age, regular yoga and exercise help to maintain mobility and muscle mass, while also preserving cognition and mental well-being (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/geront\/gnz022\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/geront\/gnz022<\/a>). A 2013 Indian study concludes that yoga has positive impact on cognition, leading to improvement in memory, attention and executive function among older persons (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/0019-5545.116308\">https:\/\/doi.org\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/0019-5545.116308\">10.4103\/0019-5545.116308<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past year and half, we have been training, guiding and motivating older persons to make yoga and exercise a part of their daily routine. Recent inquiries reveal that a mere 4% of older persons, members of ARTH\u2019s Prabal Yatra groups, are exercising regularly. A recent survey by the Ministry of AYUSH corroborates this finding \u2013 only 11% people perform yoga regularly, and for older persons, the figure is 17% (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/nearly-one-in-every-four-persons-in-india-incorporating-yoga-reveals-ayush-ministry-survey\/articleshow\/121985109.cms\">https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/nearly-one-in-every-four-persons-in-india-incorporating-yoga-reveals-ayush-ministry-survey\/articleshow\/121985109.cms<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ARTH organised a series of public events this year during Yoga Week commencing on 21 June 2025, in 100 villages of southern Rajasthan. Within each event, older persons performed easy yogasanas guided by community mobilisers and health workers. Panchayat representatives were invited as guests. This was followed by a discussion on making yoga and exercise a part of the daily routine. Research suggests that peer-delivered interventions lead to better adherence to regular physical activity on part of older persons (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02640414.2017.1329549\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02640414.2017.1329549<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are disappointed that the numbers of those exercising regularly is currently small, and are exploring ways to motivate and facilitate rural older persons in adopting yoga as a pathway to healthy ageing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1-1.jpeg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"1796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-1024x607.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-1024x607.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-300x178.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-768x455.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-1536x910.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2-2048x1213.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"1794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1024x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-1024x450.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-300x132.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-768x338.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3.jpeg 1239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"848\" height=\"435\" data-id=\"1793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4-300x154.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4-768x394.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.arth.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Yoga Week, 21 \u2013 28 June, 2025) Buzurg to khud kasrat karte hi nahi hain &#8212; \u201colder persons just don\u2019t exercise on their own\u201d, said one of ARTH\u2019s field workers during the team\u2019s monthly review meeting. \u201cWhen we explain the benefits of exercise, older persons understand and readily agree, and yet do not make it a part of their daily routine\u201d. With increase in age, regular yoga and exercise help to maintain mobility and muscle mass, while also preserving cognition and mental well-being (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/geront\/gnz022). A 2013 Indian study concludes that yoga has positive impact on cognition, leading to improvement in memory, attention and executive function among older persons (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/0019-5545.116308). Over the past year and half, we have been training, guiding and motivating older persons to make yoga and exercise a part of their daily routine. Recent inquiries reveal that a mere 4% of older persons, members of ARTH\u2019s Prabal Yatra groups, are exercising regularly. A recent survey by the Ministry of AYUSH corroborates this finding \u2013 only 11% people perform yoga regularly, and for older persons, the figure is 17% (https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/nearly-one-in-every-four-persons-in-india-incorporating-yoga-reveals-ayush-ministry-survey\/articleshow\/121985109.cms). ARTH organised a series of public events this year during Yoga Week commencing on 21 June 2025, in 100 villages of southern Rajasthan. Within each event, older persons performed easy yogasanas guided by community mobilisers and health workers. Panchayat representatives were invited as guests. This was followed by a discussion on making yoga and exercise a part of the daily routine. Research suggests that peer-delivered interventions lead to better adherence to regular physical activity on part of older persons (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02640414.2017.1329549). We are disappointed that the numbers of those exercising regularly is currently small, and are exploring ways to motivate and facilitate rural older persons in adopting yoga as a pathway to healthy ageing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The challenge of promoting yoga among older persons in rural Rajasthan - Action Research and Training for Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arth.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/the-challenge-of-promoting-yoga-among-older-persons-in-rural-rajasthan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The challenge of promoting yoga among older persons in rural Rajasthan - Action Research and Training for Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Yoga Week, 21 \u2013 28 June, 2025) Buzurg to khud kasrat karte hi nahi hain &#8212; \u201colder persons just don\u2019t exercise on their own\u201d, said one of ARTH\u2019s field workers during the team\u2019s monthly review meeting. \u201cWhen we explain the benefits of exercise, older persons understand and readily agree, and yet do not make it a part of their daily routine\u201d. 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ARTH organised a series of public events this year during Yoga Week commencing on 21 June 2025, in 100 villages of southern Rajasthan. Within each event, older persons performed easy yogasanas guided by community mobilisers and health workers. Panchayat representatives were invited as guests. This was followed by a discussion on making yoga and exercise a part of the daily routine. Research suggests that peer-delivered interventions lead to better adherence to regular physical activity on part of older persons (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02640414.2017.1329549). 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