This is Tao Porchon-Lynch. She is 99 years old, and she is the most elderly yoga instructor in the world. In addition, in 2012 her name was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
She lives in New York and teaches yoga at a local studio. Tao willingly shares secrets, as in 99 years to enjoy life and maintain his body in a tone.
1. Breathe properly
For 75 years of practicing yoga, Tao clearly understood that it is important to learn to breathe consciously. She is right. After a slow, deep breathing helps to reduce anxiety, anxiety, improves concentration to attention, helps to reduce pain in the body and even prevents the occurrence of diseases such as diabetes.
2. Be Positive
Tao notes that yoga helps to look at ordinary things in a different way, to forget about stress and unnecessary worries. Yoga is the key to optimism. So, stress negatively affects not only our mental health, but also the state of the body. For example, blood pressure may increase, there is a risk of a stroke, a heart attack. It also affects the digestive system, as a result of which stress has a considerable influence on our figure.
"Never allow negative emotions to fill your mind, because the negative can be permanently stuck in our body," an elderly yoga instructor reveals. Tao repeats with a smile: "Start your day with the words" This will be the best day of my life. ""
3. Practice yoga every day
Even in his 99 Tao finds time to practice yoga. She gets up at 5 am and arrives at her studio at 8:30. Before students start coming to her, she warms up the muscles, performing her favorite asanas. The most interesting is that this is only the tip of the iceberg of its active lifestyle. So, last year, Tao, along with 1000 students, practiced yoga in the Bahamas, and in February 2016 she traveled to the USA in the framework of one dance competition (yes, in her 99 this woman also dances).