IT IS THE CHAR LEAN McCOMBS
EMPIRE THEATER.
Fiona: YOU WIN A $100 GIFT
CERTIFICATE TO A BRAND NEW PAIR
OF FRAMES FROM VISIONWORKS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO QUEUE
SOME YOGA MUSIC.
BROUGHT TO US BY THE STYLINGS OF
MIKE OSTERHAGE.
WE'RE DOING YOGA BUT IN A
DIFFERENT WAY TODAY.
BECAUSE ARTHRITIS IS THE NUMBER
ONE CAUSE OF DISABILITY IN THIS
COUNTRY AND YOGA CAN HELP THOSE
WHO SUFFER WITH IT.
Mike: THIS IS MEAGAN WHO IS
THE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT
NORTHEAST LAKEVIEW COLLEGE.
WELCOME, WELCOME.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Mike: YOU DON'T USUALLY
ASSOCIATE YOGA AND ARTHRITIS.
ABSOLUTELY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK,
MISTAKENLY, THAT YOGA IS GOING
TO MAKE ARTHRITIS WORSE OR THAT
IT'S SO SIMPLE THEY DON'T NEED
TO DO IT.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS NEED TO
STAY ACTIVE.
Fiona: YOU KIND OF CAME UP
WITH THIS BECAUSE YOU YOURSELF
HAVE DEALT WITH ARTHRITIS.
ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE HAD ARTHRITIS FOR 18
YEARS AND I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING
YOGA FOR ABOUT 15.
Mike: WHEN YOU THINK OF
YOGA, THOUGH, YOU THINK OF
HAVING TO GET YOUR LEGS TIED UP
IN A PRETZEL AND SOMEBODY IN
REALLY GOOD SHAPE THAT'S HARD TO
DO, LET ALONE WITH ARTHRITIS.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME
ARTHRITIS FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES
THAT ANYBODY CAN DO.
Mike: AND IF YOU'RE IN GOOD
SHAPE OR NOT AS GOOD SHAPE.
Fiona: WE HAVE A BLOCK AND
A CHAIR.
ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT DO WE DO, MEAGAN?
LET'S START OFF WITH CHAIR
POSE.
Mike: IN THE CHAIR?
YOU CAN BE SEATED.
YOU'RE DOING IT.
Mike: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
THAT SHOW AT NIGHT "SIT AND BE
FIT"?
WE WANT TO INHALE, LIFT THE
ARMS UP.
YOU'RE ON THE CHAIR.
WE'RE HERE, LOOKING UP.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE ABS ARE
PULLED IN.
Mike: EVEN SITTING DOWN, MY
LEGS -- I'M GOING TO TIGHTEN
THEM UP?
IF THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR THE
SHOULDER YOU CAN BRING THE HANDS
IN TO PRAYER POSE OR EVEN DOWN
TO THE SIDE IF THERE'S ISSUES
WITH THE UPPER BODY.
THEN RELEASE HERE.
Mike: YOU HAVE TO DO THIS?
THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT A
REQUIREMENT FOR YOGA.
NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR YOGA.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE NEXT ACTIVITY WE'RE GOING
TO BE DOING IS STANDING SIDE
BEND.
YOU CAN DO THIS SEATED.
INHALE, REACH THE ARMS UP, AND
THEN WE'RE GOING TO EXHALE AND
LEAN OUR TORSOS OVER TO THE
RIGHT.
TO MAKE THIS LESS INTENSE WE CAN
RELAX THE RIGHT ARM DOWN, LEFT
ARM UP.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
WE'RE STRETCHING THROUGH THE
LATERAL SPINE AND ENGAGING OUR
OBLIQUES.
GO AHEAD AND RELEASE.
OF COURSE WE CAN DO THAT ON THE
OTHER SIDE AS WELL.
Fiona: BECAUSE ANY
MOVEMENT, OF COURSE, HELPS.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE THE RIGHT
MOVEMENTS IF YOU HAVE ARTHRITIS.
EXACTLY.
Mike: AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE
DONE YOGA YOU ARE NOT BENT OVER
AND HOBBLED.
SOMEBODY WHO SEES ME MAY NOT
REALIZE I HAVE HAD ARTHRITIS FOR
A NUMBER OF YEARS.
Mike: SOMEBODY ALREADY
AFFLICTED WITH ARTHRITIS, CAN
THEY PICK THIS UP?
YOGA IS APPROPRIATE FOR
ANYBODY.
WE CAN MODIFY THINGS FOR EVERY
PERSON.
YOU CAN DO THINGS SEATED,
STANDING, LAYING DOWN,
ABSOLUTELY.
Fiona: IF A PERSONAL ISN'T
AS FLEXIBLE.
WHEN I THINK OF YOGA I THINK YOU
HAVE TO BE SO INCREDIBLY
FLEXIBLE, BUT YOU CAN STILL DO
THESE.
YOU CAN DO THESE.
WE CAN USE PROPS.
WE HAVE THE CHAIR.
AND WE HAVE THE BLOCK.
WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE MORE
EXERCISE.
THIS IS CALLED STANDING INTENSE
SIDE STRETCH.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE BEHIND THE
CHAIR.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR LEFT
FOOT AND PLACE IT ABOUT THREE
FOOT FORWARD.
RIGHT FOOT IS BACK.
VERY NICE.
ONCE AGAIN INHALING, ARMS UP.
WE'RE GOING TO EXHALE AND REACH
THE HANDS DOWN, MAYBE TO THE
THIGHS.
MAYBE TO THE CHAIR, MAYBE TO THE
BLOCK.
OR MAYBE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
FLOOR.
Mike: STRETCH IT, FIONA.
YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU FEEL THAT STRETCH?
Fiona: OH, YEAH.
AND YOU CAN BEND THE FRONT
KNEE AS MUCH AS YOU NEED TO TO
MODIFY.
Mike: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO TOUCH YOUR TOES OR BE
ABLE TO PUT YOUR FOOT BEHIND
YOUR HEAD.
NO.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
STAYING PHYSICALLY ACTIVE EVEN
IF YOU'RE HAVING AN ARTHRITIC
FLARE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERTAX A
JOINT BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY