Learn English with the News: “A 93 year old Yogi”

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Do you know what a Yogi is? Find out in this news report!

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2. Understand the vocabulary
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She’s 93 years old, but that’s not keeping this yogi down … Tao Porchon-Lynch still strives for that perfect pose. She’s been named the world’s oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records and has no plans on stopping anytime soon.

– I’m going to teach yoga until I can’t breathe anymore then I’ll just fly away to the next planet … I just, I love yoga, it brightens my day and makes everybody smile.

And Tao has a lot to smile about. The little girl who discovered yoga on the beach in her native India has been a model, actress, competitive dancer and even marched alongside Gandhi – twice. She started teaching yoga 61 years ago and considers all 400 of her yoga students her “children.”

– She has the most wonderful, positive spirit and that just draws me here it really is magical.

– I can not do it and I’m not 94, so she is in better shape than I am and I think that really keeps me moving forward. She is amazing!

So what’s her secret to staying young and agile?

– Yoga and dancing are sort of something that lives within you.

Whether it’s good genes or just good karma, one thing is clear – this nonagenarian is more than just young at heart. This summer she’ll be dancing the Tango competitively with a dance partner who is 69 years her junior.

Vocabulary

Yogi – a person who practices yoga.

Strives – to try very hard to do or achieve something.

Pose – the position in which someone stands, sits, lies down, etc., especially as a model for a photograph, painting, etc.

Marched – to walk with regular steps as a group : to walk in the regular and organized way of soldier.

Genes – a part of a cell that controls or influences the appearance, growth, etc., of a living thing.

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