Yoga Bones is a small-group yoga class (held in-person in Rochester, NY) geared to active older-adults, that aims to best use the relaxing environment of a traditional yoga class to simultaneously encourage our bodies innate ability to build bone.

Genevra supports everyone’s desire to feel good in their bodies while overlapping exercise science for an aging population with the ancient wisdom of kriya , asana, pranyama, mudra, and sound healing.

Movements that utilize our muscles in regions most prone to bone loss and fracture are prioritized while also offering adaptations to prevent joint pain in any position.

Genevra offers a multi-level class that encourages students’ to utilize the best version of a movement or pose based on what feels best in the moment. Often using blocks, bolsters, belts, blankets, a chair and the wall to create the best alignment of the hips and spine.

All bodies are beautiful bodies

and

All bodies are welcome here!

Class size is usually capped at 8 and students are encouraged to register for a full 8-week series of classes to allow for maximum effectiveness.

One should have the ability to get up-and-down from the floor and feel comfortable in a kneeling position to consider taking this class.

Location:

Held inside the warm and spacious Frequency Wellness space at 34 Elton Street suite 103, Rochester, NY 14607, within the Neighborhood of the Arts. All yoga props are provided and students are also encouraged to bring their own mat if they prefer. Please remove your shoes upon arrival and be aware that the space is shared - so use your yoga voices ;).

Please feel quite welcome to arrive 15 minutes early to class to have a most relaxing transition and help yourself to a cup of tea.

How can you actually build bone in a yoga class?

The powerful thing about your body in a yoga class is how many different ways that the hips and spine can move - well all of your joints, of course!

As you challenge your muscles in different poses, your bone cells - osteoblasts - respond to perform ossificatation - the continuous and lifelong process of bone building.

Also know as Wolff's Law which states - bone remodels and adapts to the mechanical loads placed upon it, becoming stronger to resist increased stress and weaker with decreased stress.

Or, as they say, “use it or lose it.”

See extract from The Fishman study

below:

Twelve-Minute Daily Yoga Regimen Reverses Osteoporotic Bone Loss