better understand the changes of seasons

The word “senior” is a word related to age which designates a category of person and which covers different realities. They range from dynamic, experienced executives to young retirees to the most advanced in age.
Outside the corporate world, seniors can be referred to as “older people.” We could call them the elders but we will speak here of seniors.

Entry into this category is always more or less easy depending on whether you are in good shape, in good health, that you have projects to carry out, a family, friends, social relations, activities, etc. .

In the fall season, offering sophrology sessions to seniors allows them to enter this period with greater ease. It’s a very delicate period because winter follows and it is always a difficult time for seniors, because there is less light, less going out… and more isolation.

At this time of the year and in life, there are different situations that generate a lot of stress. Here are a few and the list is not exhaustive:

• Confidence in his body is shattered, he ages and does not respond as well as before, we no longer really recognize him in the mirror. Doubt settles on its own capacities, fears develop, anxiety arrives.
• Isolation accentuates this passage; it is a source of tension and withdrawal.
• Sleep problems appear, the nights are shorter, chopped, they give way to the rumination of thoughts that can quickly become parasitic.
• Concentration also becomes more difficult, memory less reliable.
• Health concerns may appear, even mild, but often accompanied by “lifelong” medication.
• The batch of tests to be carried out for health monitoring can become burdensome.

Far from drawing a blackboard of this stage of life, linked to the aging of each, there is behind a reality to take into account because it is possible to intervene thanks to a targeted and mindful care. This is a period when there are mournings that are not easy, a bit like a moult … you have to prepare to slip into another skin.

If, in your life, you have not had the opportunity to learn to ask yourself, to stop to take stock, to relax, to take time for yourself, to release your tensions, it is difficult to do it alone in a fragile moment like this.
Senior clubs and associations that offer sophrology sessions will be of great help in getting through these stages.
The practice of relaxation therapy may be an answer perfectly suited to this audience. It brings immediate well-being to those who practice it. Easy to set up, soft and listening-friendly, non-invasive, it allows seniors to ask themselves, to listen to their bodies, to recharge their batteries in a calm and caring environment.

A weekly meeting gives a non-binding and often expected rhythm. The visualization of positive images, used in sophrology, is also an opportunity to call upon images of their experiences that older people take pleasure in remembering. Breathing work also makes it possible to feel, to feel the “breath of life” still present in them.

Group sessions are also a good approach for this audience. They also allow individual sessions to get out of isolation, to find yourself, to talk about yourself. A benevolent exchange between people who are going through similar things.

But beyond “wellness” sophrology allows them to regain control over themselves. Act, not just suffer, take “a time for yourself” and let go to lighten the body and mind. Seniors come out of it growing up – you never stop growing – more confident, soothed … support to spend the winter warm.

Author: Sandrine CORDANI, Sophrologie.