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You'll Never Guess How Old The World's Oldest Yoga Teacher Is

<div><p>How flexible are you? Bet not as flexible as Tao Porchon-Lynch, the world's oldest yoga teacher! At 98 years old, Porchon-Lynch has been teaching yoga for over 75 years and wakes up at 5 am everyday to lead a class. </p><p>The inspiring senior fell in love with yoga at the age of 8 while living in India. At the time, yoga was predominantly practiced by men so it wasn't considered lady-like. But, that didn't stop Porchon-Lynch as she eventually managed to get into a boys-only class and has been practicing ever since. </p><p>One of her main mantras is "Anything is possible, nothing is impossible." She's definitely been proving this to be right. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3BF9B3BA00000578-4100806-image-a-5_1483937933437.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3BF9B3BA00000578-4100806-image-a-5_1483937933437_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3BF9B2DA00000578-4100806-image-a-4_1483937928995.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3BF9B2DA00000578-4100806-image-a-4_1483937928995_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>Besides yoga, Porchon-Lynch is also a ballroom dancer and has prior modelling and acting credits. She has appeared in movies including Show Boat and The Last Time I Saw Paris featuring Elizabeth Taylor. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1409841242560_wps_10_EXCLUSIVE_UNSPECIFIED_UND.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/1409841242560_wps_10_EXCLUSIVE_UNSPECIFIED_UND_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>Porchon-Lynch currently lives in New York and travels the world to share her wisdom, mantras and lifestyle. Despite being fit and healthy, Porchon-Lynch has had her share of age-related problems including a hip replacement and a broken wrist. She's still stronger than ever and loves everything about life. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"When you wake up every morning say 'this is going to be the best day of my life' and it will be." she says in a video shared by <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4100806/Tao-Porchon-Lynch-98-shares-mantras-swears-75-years-teaching-yoga.html">Daily Mail</a>. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3BF9B11600000578-4100806-image-a-22_1483938611801.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/3BF9B11600000578-4100806-image-a-22_1483938611801_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p>She recently filmed the video for Athleta's 'Power of She' movement in which she shares secrets behind her strength and longevity. Watch the empowering clip and be inspired by Porchon-Lynn's amazing abilities.</p><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1388599.html"></amp-iframe><p>[Header image: Getty]</p></div>

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