Yoga's Effect on Fall Risk Factors in the Rural, Older Adult Population; an Academic/Community Partnership

This is a 2 year pilot/feasibility project to develop an intervention, test research methods, and evaluate the effects of yoga on core strength and balance of an older rural population in an effort to ultimately reduce the frequency of falls. The investigators\' goal for this project is for community and academic partners to develop a yoga program that is feasible, safe, and acceptable to an older adult population, then test the program, research methods and evaluation, in preparation for conducting a larger randomized trial of the intervention.