An Alison Miller Blog

In addition to Maui being on of the most extraordinary islands of natural splendor, it is also an island lush with amazing yoga teachers and practitioners. Today I had the privilege of viewing the filming of Nancy Gilgoff’s yoga dvd featuring ashtanga practitioners 50 and over. The room was packed with the celebrities of the Ashtanga world. Danny Paradise, David Williams and Johnny Smith, to name just a few, were all there. Packed mat to mat, the room percolated with devotion and discipline. What could be more inspiring than being with twenty plus practitioners, all over 50 years old, and could easily could put any 20 year old to shame with the ease of their handstands, jump throughs and marichyasanas. The prowess displayed by each of these yogi’s is a true demonstration that we can become younger as we grow older. Our bodies are temples, if we choose to treat them this way, that can provide us with great health and joy into our later years. Amazing!