Yoga Classes for Alzheimer's Patients

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Yoga Classes for Alzheimer's Patients

(Source: Boston Globe) - " We are going to play a fun little game, and

it requires concentration, " Patrice Flesch told her yoga students.

Holding up her hands, she quickly extended and retracted her fingers.

Her students repeated the motion.

Words like " concentration, " " focus, " and " recall " figure highly into

Flesch's class: Yoga for the Memory- Challenged. Twice a month, she

tailors breathing and exercises for people with Alzheimer's,

dementia, and other conditions involving memory loss. The class also

serves as a social gathering, providing a place to meet other people

experiencing memory loss.

Flesch owns South End Yoga studio, but her memory classes are held at

the on House, an adult day care and residential facility in

Jamaica Plain, MA (outside of Boston). Each class enrolls fewer than

10 people, most of whom are elderly.

Similar classes have launched in Florida and Australia. And results

of a study last year reported that regular meditation can bolster

cognitive function for people with memory loss.

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