(AP Photo/Francis Specker)Yoga instructor Lakshmi Voelker-Binder, right, leads a chair yoga class, Jan. 20, 2005, at the Joslyn Senior Center in Palm Desert, Calif. An estimated 13.4 million Americans practiced yoga or other mind-body exercises in 2003, according to a survey by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. Of those, an estimated 1.6 million were 55 or older.

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A gentler yoga is catching on among active seniors

• By ncs-import
• February 2, 2005