Older women should not use their age as an excuse to avoid donning ladies yoga wear, as yoga can be practiced by people of any age, according to an exercise expert.

Maya Fiennes, yoga guru to the celebrities, said that somepeople still have a negative view of yoga, or they just do not understand it, This is London reports.

"There is still this perception that it's a bit alien, that you have to be some sort of groupie. But it's not like that. Anyone can practise, from kids to 90-year-olds," she said.

Fiennes practices Kundalini yoga, which she explains in her new book, titled Yoga for Real Life.

She learned Kundalini while training at London's Royal College of Music and her methods have been described by model Elle Macpherson as "inspirational, energising, sexy", according to the newspaper.

Last month, Trudie Styler, the wife of musician Sting, told the Daily Mail that practicing yoga is the best way to tone the body.

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