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These women come from all parts of the United State, study in different yoga traditions, and range in age from 63 to 85.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book that explores what yoga means to older women through their personal stories and examines what makes yoga so compelling, so necessary and so gratifying as they get older. As baby boomers age, the svelte, young things on the cover of Yoga Journal will no longer act as role models. The women featured here can serve that purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome women are trying yoga for the first time at age 65 or 70; others have come back to yoga at that age after a hiatus of 20 or 30 years. Still others, like Ana Franklin, have been practicing consistently for 50 years. What keeps her practicing after all these years? I could have gone off the deep end if I didn't have my practice, she said. My practice kept me sane and alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, you'll also meet women who only go to class once a week but have incorporated the principles of yoga into their lives. Women like this are living their yoga, what's known as off the mat, even though they may only be on the mat once a week (practicing in class or at home). What counts is how important yoga is to them, how passionate they feel about it, and how pervasive its principles are to their actions and behaviors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA painter and sculptor, whom you'll meet in this book, had lost all inspiration until she discovered yoga. It liberated her and inspired her in new ways. Another woman refused to leave her house for a year after her husband died until her neighbors dragged her to a yoga class. It turned her life around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's different about these stories is that the women are all beyond midlife. They are practicing regularly at an age when conventional wisdom says they are too old for yoga, and they are receiving its many benefits. To name a few: strength, flexibility, and balance as well as the calm and peace of mind that are so important as they get older and face the many challenges that accompany aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor each of the ten women, yoga opened a new path later in life. Despite their advancing years, they are still growing and learning and evolving in mind, body and spirit. Yoga is what keeps them young and vital. This is what can keep you young and vital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're over 65 and not doing yoga yet, these stories may motivate you to give it a try. No matter your body size or shape or your health issues, yoga can guide you and support you in the years ahead. Let these ten remarkable women inspire you so that you, too, can reap the benefits of practicing the timeless tradition of yoga.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49802273390865,"sku":"CIN1644387883G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50397168632081,"sku":"CIN1644387883VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51042761507089,"sku":"NIN9781644387887","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51564331794705,"sku":"GOR014329778","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1644387883.jpg?v=1751438296"},{"product_id":"heart-to-heart-book-patricia-gottlieb-shapiro-9780425176573","title":"Heart to Heart","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50352954671377,"sku":"CIN0425176576G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0425176576.jpg?v=1750814048"},{"product_id":"privilege-of-aging-book-patricia-gottlieb-shapiro-9781935604525","title":"The Privilege of Aging","description":"In The Privilege of Aging author Patricia Shapiro (M.S.W.) opens a window for us into the lives of women from 75 to 102 years old and explores their successes and challenges, longevity and vitality. Each woman has lived a different path of life, and their examples show us that the resources for successful aging are within us. Anthropologist Doris Francis says that we need to seize the challenges and honors of growing old. Patricia Gottlieb Shapiro introduces us to ordinary women who model growth, resiliency, creativity and vibrancy in later life. These women are our guides; they beckon all of us to age fearlessly. Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, M.A., M.S.W., B.C.C. Author of Jewish Visions for Aging Director, Growing Older: Wisdom + Spirit Beyond Midlife The Privilege of Aging presents the empowering life stories of twelve Jewish women, who courageously assess their advanced years not as a barrier but rather as a unique possibility for continued growth.a valuable guide how Jewish values, resilience and creativity offer immeasurable resources to forge new late-life paths and to redefine the meaning and dignity of the aged self. 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No matter what their culture, religion, lifestyle, economics or personal challenges, all the women arrived at the same internal destination: a place within themselves of comfort and familiarity, of harmony and wholeness, and of acceptance and love for themselves. Their moving stories of self-discovery and empowerment will inspire women of any age to continue their quest to find their own authentic home.Pat Shapiro is an award-winning author who has written or co-authored seven other nonfiction books.She has a master's degree in social work and specializes in writing and speaking on women's issues, midlife and friendships. 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