How yoga can keep you young

Barbara Currie was bitten by the yoga bug after her first class over 40 years ago. The fit and flexible 72-year-old still teaches 16 classes a week.

My older pupils want to be able to live on their own. They feel terrified of not being mobile.

THE mother of a 40-year-old, with the flexibility and toned body of a teenager, was the inspiring figure who ensured Barbara Currie got bitten by the yoga bug over four decades ago.