Level 1 · Seated— On a firm chair, feet flat on the floorDuration: 0:54
Exercise 31
Putting on your socks
We practise putting on our socks step by step, without rushing, calmly.
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Gentle movement for older adults
Putting your socks on, unaided
Bending down, keeping your balance, reaching your feet: look after those and independence stays at home. Short, kind videos — as far as doesn’t hurt, at any age.
- No pain: as far as doesn’t hurt
- Little and often
- It’s never too late to start
- Home tasks, not exercises
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Three short videos. Pick the seated level if you want to start calmly: level 1 is already a complete win.
Level 3 · Standing— Standing, with support nearby just in caseDuration: 0:25
Exercise 1
A little kindness for your body
A gentle warm-up where we run our hands over our body to wake up each part and breathe calmly.
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Level 3 · Standing— Standing, with support nearby just in caseDuration: 0:27
Exercise 5
Giving the dog a drink
We bend down and come back up, mimicking the movement of giving a dog some water, to practise lowering and rising with control.
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The method, in household words
It all comes from My Yoga Process, Frank’s book. Here we don’t talk about postures: we talk about socks, chairs and floors.
Soft knees
Bend your knees and hinge from the hips with a long back. That is how you protect your lower back when putting on socks or picking something up.
Every step counts
Every movement has levels: seated, holding a chair, standing. Being at level 1 is already practising in full. You move up only when the body is ready.
Your own strength
Standing up from a chair, holding yourself upright, not depending on grips: gentle strength built from your own muscles, little by little.
Why this site exists
One single movement, repeated with love
A few years ago, my mother was ninety. At that age the worst enemy isn’t an illness: it’s stopping moving. The body grows cautious, the floor feels dangerous, and whatever you stop doing, you lose.
I didn’t want to give her an exercise routine — she’d have laughed at me. So I gave her one single movement, simple enough to do any day without thinking: bend down slowly, with soft knees, like setting a saucer of milk on the floor for the cat, and come back up.
My mother wasn’t doing gymnastics: she was doing her little daily movement. But underneath she was practising exactly what I have taught for twenty years. That idea is this whole site: home tasks, not exercises.
Read the full story“It’s never too late to start, and you’re never too old to keep what you already have.”
Who teaches you
Specialist in older adults
200 hours of officially recognized training in geriatrics and gerontology (2019).
Certified National Yoga Trainer
3rd level: 400 hours of federation technical training (2005). Over twenty years of teaching.
Author of My Yoga Process
A method born from his own chronic joint pain. The same keys, translated into home tasks.
Looking for something for Mum or Dad?
In two minutes you’ll know whether this suits them — and how to help them start safely.
