Implementation of Yoga Breathing Exercise into Aging Education to Reduce Rural Health Inequity

People worldwide live longer in the 21st century. As reported by World Health Organization (WHO) [1], the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years will nearly double from 12% in 2015 to 22% in 2050. By 2020, the number of people aged 60 years and older outnumber children younger than 5 years. With the change of demographic structure, the big challenge now is how to help the older people keep healthy and prolong their active life expectancy. If the healthy elderly are motivated and willing to pursue new activities (such as further education or a new career), they may regain their values and contribute to families, communities, and society. The shift in distribution of a country’s population towards older ages creates steering forces to change the life value of the old people in the 21st century. The immediate challenge of keeping the elderly healthy and active is to recognize and reduce the obstacles in their life. In fact, old people are so diverse. They have a broad age range (from 65 to more than 90 years old) and live in various socioeconomic conditions (including education and materials levels).