Instead of strenuous high-intensity workouts, exercise focused on recovering the body's natural rhythm is drawing attention, with harmoniously connecting whole-body movement at its core.

Recovery exercise emphasizes breathing, posture and the smooth movement of joints over strength or speed itself, aiming to gently loosen a body stiffened by repetitive routines and long hours of sitting.

Experts cite as advantages its low injury risk and easy accessibility regardless of age, recommending it especially for those long away from exercise or with chronic pain.

Knowing one's own physical condition accurately comes first, however. Those with pain or a particular illness should consult a professional and then find a method suited to them, which is safer.

It is stressed that health care starts from consistency and self-understanding, not self-blame or overambitious goals — a perspective of caring for the body rather than driving it.

For the elderly in the Sinophone community, too, such exercise is a reference, since a health habit that can be practiced in daily life without strain is tied directly to quality of life.

Experts advise that finding an intensity and method suited to oneself and keeping at it steadily is most important.