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The years clock up crazy fast. I am so sure that Hong Kong time clicks by double time. How can it be September already? And how can I be so old already? Age is, at best, a random number in my life that doesn\u2019t seem to bear any real relation to how old I feel. And I attribute my inner, and some say outer, youth to a number of things, but yoga is key.<\/p>\n
Here are four ways yoga keeps you young \u2013 and I\u2019m sure there are many many more\u2026<\/p>\n
Yoga keeps you physically fit<\/strong> Yoga helps you avoid back pain<\/strong> Yoga shores up your emotional stability<\/strong> Yoga gives you a spiritual connection<\/strong> Taking classes at Flex could keep you young! Check out the schedule here and see which kinds of yoga will contribute to your anti-aging regime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The years clock up crazy fast. I am so sure that Hong Kong time clicks by double time. How can it be September already? And how can I be so old already? Age is, at best, a random number in my life that doesn\u2019t seem to bear any real relation to how old I feel. And I attribute my inner, and some say outer, youth to a number of things, but yoga is key.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-40870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-lifestyle","tag-yoga"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nI love the strength, flexibility and overall feeling of wellbeing I feel. At forty-something I am in the best shape of my life, and with the perspective of all these years, I appreciate my fitness so much more than I did when I was young. Whether it\u2019s a more yin, stretching class, an all-round Hatha, a powerful flowing Vinyasa or a super challenging Ashtanga, yoga is the most incredibly versatile workout, and I love it.<\/p>\n
\nHow many people do I know who suffer from back pain? Believe me, it\u2019s many. For the most part, I have managed to avoid back pain (touch wood!). With a childhood walking more on my hands than my feet, and taking incredibly strong abs for granted, I now work hard to keep my abs strong, as they are the stabilizers for my back.<\/p>\n
\nI have had mentally and emotionally challenging shivasanas. You know, when the asanas stop and the thoughts crowd in again if you\u2019re not careful. But usually I finish a class with overwhelmingly positive thoughts, a calm mind, a soothed mind. I feel good about what I\u2019ve just done for myself, I feel good about the world at large, and I feel physically but also mentally and emotionally energized. And this feeling usually lasts long after the class. I absolutely believe that being stressed and unhappy is detrimental to my health, as well as aging in many different ways. I\u2019ve had enough low points to know how overwhelming they can be. So now I make sure to overwhelm my mind and mood with the feel-good that yoga brings on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019m still struggling with this one, but I absolutely believe in it and its power to make life better. Sometimes a shivasana has me floating away like a 2D, weightless version of myself that feels like it is not subject to usual place and time constraints. Sometimes I feel that yoga builds my intuition and life just seems to flow better afterwards. Sometimes I feel\u00a0connected with a whole\u00a0other dimension of life, to something innately all-encompassing, good and kind.<\/p>\n