Gentle Fitness is the original, award-winning chair exercise and chair yoga DVD for seniors and people living with strength, stamina, or circulation issues; musculoskeletal pain; multiple sclerosis; Parkinson's disease; myofascial pain; diabetes; cancer recovery; cardio rehab.....
Used in homes around the world, community centers, or assisted living fitness programs. A delight to use, it is proven to relieve pain, restore energy, and greatly help improve quality of life. From start to finish, it is easy, therapeutic, and fun.
Awards/Reviews
- Winner- International Health & Medical Film Competition (Awarded by the American Medical Association)
- Winner - National Health Information Award
- Winner - Mature Media Award
- A Perfect 10 - Dynamic Chiropractic News
- 5 stars for excellence! - Video Rating Guide
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About the Director
Gentle Fitness was developed by Catherine MacRae and a team of 11 medical and chiropractic doctors, wellness specialists, and speech, physical, occupational, & respiratory therapists. Ms. MacRae is a fitness expert and a superb teacher. She also happens to have multiple sclerosis. She seamlessly blends the wisdom of yoga, Tai Chi, and Feldenkrais movement awareness with today's state-of-the-art exercise sciences, leading viewers through movements and stretches that are easy, natural, and therapeutic.
INSIDE FLAP: Gentle Fitness is a self-help program to enjoy over and over. You will learn new stretches and exercises that are fun and simple. It is a state-of-the-art program that integrates the wisdom of yoga, Tai Chi, and Feldenkrais with the fundamentals of exercise physiology and exercise kinesiology.
April 2017
Gentle Fitness, the DVD and booklet ‘Guide to Exercise,’ is no longer being made. Please click on the Play Gentle Fitness tab above and enjoy its peacefulness, therapeutic qualities, and fun.
- Catherine
Recommended By
- Mayo Clinic, Beth Israel, Johns Hopkins, Providence Health Systems, Baylor College of Medicine, Northwestern University Med School, and others.
- By medical, chiropractic, and naturopathic doctors.
- By nurses, rehab therapists, massage therapists, yoga teachers, and friends to friends.
Health Benefits
- Improve daily function.
- Gain ROM, balance, emotional calm, vitality, confidence, and independence.
- Sleep better, look better, cope easier, and keep medication to a minimum—naturally.
- Strengthens inner core muscles, oxygenates the blood, deepens respiration, invigorates the immune and lymphatic systems, mobilizes stiff muscles, and alleviates pain.
Healing Stretches and Exercises
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