Discover the secret to boundless energy, vitality, and a fearless spirit with an inspirational talk and yoga practice with 99-years-young Tao Porchon-Lynch. Tao shows us what is possible and stirs all of us to reach our highest potential regardless of age. Be enthralled by her journey while you learn her "secrets" of vitality, mindfulness, resilence, and boundless energy. This guided conversation and multimedia slideshow is moderated by Tao's student/biographer, Teresa Kay-Aba-Kennedy-Harvard-trained strategist, yoga teacher, and coach. Take the opportunity to ask questions only hindsight and living history can answer, and walk away ready to craft a fearless "tao-like-life! Millions across the globe have been inspired by Tao Porchon-Lynch–WWII French Resistance fighter, model, actress, film producer, wine connoisseur, competitive ballroom dancer, and yoga master. In 2012, she was named “Oldest Yoga Teacher” by Guinness World Records.

 

The twinkle in her eyes and the brightness of her spirit capture you. Her YouTube videos have garnered over two million views. In June 2015, she wowed judges on America’s Got Talent dancing with her 26-year-old partner to Pitbull’s “Fireball.”

 

With Peter Pan-like endless youth, she says, “In my head I’m still in my 20’s, and I have no intention of ever growing up.” How did she get this way and how can we exude such light? Through Tao’s reflections, we are given the gift of insights from almost a century of wisdom that can be applied to our modern-day challenges. We learn her “secrets” to vitality while taking a soulful odyssey of love and loss, hope and joy.

 Get ready to step up your yoga flow and learn directly from a master! Experience  99-years-young Tao Porchon-Lynch’s unique and accessible teachings first-hand. Use the four pillars of yoga: pranayama (breath work), mudras (gestures), bandhas (energetic locks), and chakras (energy centers) to explore the rich potential of the body to renew, heal, and revitalize. Practice Tao’s special “yoga tango” and learn subtle techniques. Walk away inspired, strengthened, and renewed—ready to energize your practice and life.

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Extraordinary leaders and teachers change the way we perceive the world. The very best lead us by their example. Tao Porchon-Lynch, Master Yoga teacher, 99 years young, synthesizes the most positive aspects of Indian, European and American thought. Tao is uniquely equipped to spread Yogic insights, originating in India, to Westerners seeking enlightenment. She has trained and certified  hundreds of yoga instructors, since founding the Westchester Institute of Yoga (New York) in 1982. Tao has over 70 years of yoga practice and more than 45 years of teaching yoga to students in India, France, Nassau, England, Montenegro, Russia and the U.S.

 

Having studied with Aurobindo and BKS Iyengar in Pune and Mumbai, Tao learned how to tap into the incredible power all individuals possess but only few can access. She has made over twenty-eight trips to India with her students because she believes that such visits offer enlightenment about the true spirit of Yoga. Tao continues to teach workshops at many yoga centres, including the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health,  Integral Yoga Institute in Manhattan and the Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville, Buckingham, Va and Nassau, Bahamas.

 

In 1995, Tao attended the Yoga for Peace International Peace Conference in Israel with Indra Devi to try to help bring peace to the Middle East through yogic principles. Tao believes that following the principles of yoga can heal individuals and by extension, help heal our planet. At ninety-nine years-young she is the embodiment of many profound Yoga principles. She exemplifies the positive “can-do spirit” that can accomplish anything.

 

Tao has received much media attention of late, including an interview on the NBC “Today” morning program, a taped segment in the upcoming documentary on extraordinary older women,  “I Know A Woman Like That,” feature articles in the Journal News ,Westchester Magazine and Prevention Magazine; an appearance on the Martha Stewart Show and a CNN interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Recently, Tao was a workshop presenter with Dr. Terri Kennedy at the Newark Peace Conference and sat on the Panel for Peace with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

 

Before teaching yoga, Tao had a long and varied career. Tao was  an actress in England, France and the USA (under contract to MGM) in the 1940’s and 50’s, wrote screenplays and made documentaries in the 60’s and 70’s.Her life in India encompasses many historic events. There aren’t many people still alive who witnessed first-hand some of the events Tao has.  She made several documentaries in India including,”To Light A Candle,” about  100 year- old philanthropist, Dr. Welthy Fisher and her work in education and literacy in Lucknow. Tao also worked for Unitel and helped in their efforts to try to introduce television to India in the 1950’s.  Her reminiscences regarding her life in India are detailed in her book.

 

Tao teaches discipline and control of the body and mind through Yoga. As she elevates and balances her body in classic poses, she demonstrates how to tap into the primal spark of energy that all of us receive from the universe. Whatever our religious beliefs, the spark makes us one with our fellow human beings and all forms of life on our planet.

 

Tao is a living advertisement for how to tap into our human potential. She is unique in her ability to overcome the effects of aging to control her body and mind in harmony with Yoga’s principles. Tao’s philosophy is “There is nothing we cannot do if we harness the power within us.” Her yoga principles and practices will be appreciated by current and future generations. Her current passion, in addition to yoga, is ballroom dancing and she is an award winning world-class dancer.

 

At a youthful 99, Tao brings a delightful, childlike love of life and nature to all that she does. Prepare to be enchanted and inspired, Tao has published her second meditation book, Reflections: The Yogic Journey of Life. This important book includes several guided meditations. 

 

Tao’s autobiography, Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master, has won a 2016 IPPY Award and 2016 International Book Awards in three categories including Autobiography, Spirituality and Best Cover Design: Non-Fiction. Take an adventure through 20th century history, witness fearlessness in action and be inspired to craft a mindful and fulfilled “Tao-like” life. For more on Tao, including her blog, go to TheTaoExperience.com. and www.taoporchonlynch.com