Two weeks before I retired from my ‘big’ job, a colleague who was retiring about the same time asked me ‘What does thriving look like at this age?’

Wow. That is a really big and challenging question. And I was not ready to answer it.

At the time, I was processing the transition from my old, steady career to . . . well, I had plans but I was not totally sure what was going to happen the next day. I was excited, of course, but there were many unknowns. Maps only tell you so much. Living the journey is the source of true understanding, and I only had maps at the time.

Thriving sounded like the perfect destination, but I could not possibly put my finger on what it meant for me at this age (I was 62 at this time).

It was only natural for me to turn to yoga to begin to find answers. For me and many others, a regular physical yoga practice had done much to throw off the burden of living with a crispy, fragile body. Even so, aging is not just about the body, and neither is yoga. Avoiding illness and disability are for sure priorities. But is that really all? Is aging just a matter of me becoming more protective of and fearful for my body?

What else has yoga made possible for us in this stage of our lives? Could it open an opportunity for growth, expansion, creativity? These are the questions that will be pondered in this blog.

You are invited to live the journey with me. Discover with me how yoga is expressed in the aging process and how yoga informs the aging process. And feel free to share your discoveries. I would love to hear them!