I don't agree entirely. People do yoga for various reasons and as an older person it isn't in my opinion about strength. As I'm sure you know there are many forms of yoga. For some flexibility is important and this can also lead to a type of "strength". I went through a 200 hr. yoga teacher training but not to teach yoga as an end goal. Part of our training was to try many different types of yoga. Head stands and other asanas can be very dangerous to people who have not progressed to that level. A friend of mine was an excellent yoga teacher and she thought she was prepared. She injured herself. When you are younger a vigorous Astanga class is no big deal. When you get older it's a different story.
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I actually think building lower body strength becomes even more important as you get older! It’s not really about yoga but just for living healthily... from my personal experience, I’ve witnessed my family members who aged very quickly after they lost their ability to walk properly or do exercise. And for older people, it’s very dangerous to do yoga solely focusing on stretching and increasing flexibility. Because older people don’t have as much strength as younger people, they need to make sure to use a lot of props like the wall, blocks, belt, chair, bolster etc. for support to perform yoga poses even if they think they can do it without the use of props. So I guess I agree with you that ashtanga yoga in its strict form would not be good for older people because it doesn’t allow use of props during practice...