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‘This Is the Time for Poetry’: A Conversation with Alice Walker

By Abdul Ali — 2012

The Pulitzer-winning author discusses the role of literature in moments of upheaval, the importance of women’s rights, and more.

Read on www.theatlantic.com

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Marion Rosen at 97: Finding A New Life Later in Life

Internationally-renowned somatics pioneer Marion Rosen founded her own work in the healing arts at age 56. Still working at 97, she is a model for aging gracefully, productively, and powerfully.

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Marion Rosen
2011
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Many LGBTQ Seniors Don’t Get the Health and End-of-Life Care They Need. Some Coloradans Are Working to Change That

According to a study recently published in The Gerontologist, older people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer often face discrimination during end-of-life care. They’re also more likely to have their health care wishes ignored or disregarded.

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Claire Cleveland
2021
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The Stories of Those Who Lost Decades in the Closet

A new photography exhibit invites viewers to contemplate the emotional toll of discrimination.

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Alisha Haridasani Gupta
2021
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Yoga for Seniors: A Sequence to Help with Your Mobility

Try this practice, which emphasizes joint health and offers movements that can be incorporated into your daily life, to help maintain or improve mobility and stability for healthy aging.

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Jana Long
2019
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Jana Long Shares Why It’s Never Too Late to Start Yoga

It is never too late to start over. Here is a story of professional transformation, guided by yoga. Plus, tips for teaching to older adults and a practice to keep us all healthy and agile as we age.

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Jana Long
2919
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It’s Never too Late: Elderly High-Achievers

Joe Biden may have become US president at 78, but imagine becoming a comedian at 89 or writing your first book at 94. We talk to six senior high-flyers…

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Michael Segalov
2021
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Why Time Seems to Fly by as You Get Older, and How to Slow It Down: A Scientific Explanation by Neuroscientist David Eagleman

Psychologists have indeed shown in several studies that adults, especially those over the age of 40, perceive time as moving faster than it did when they were children. Why?

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David Eagleman
2019
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Eating Disorders in Midlife

Eating disorders are most often thought of as afflicting teenage girls and young women. In reality, this is not the case. Many women and men don't stop worrying about weight and shape as they age.

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Lauren Muhlheim
2021
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Nurturing Body and Mind: Program Aims to Bring Tai Chi to Older Adults

For more than 300 years, people in China have practiced the ancient art of Taijiquan, more commonly known in the West as Tai Chi.

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Jean Van Ryzin
2006
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T’ai Chi Has Many Benefits for Frail Older Adults

It’s no longer an ancient Chinese secret. A University of Missouri-Columbia researcher is putting a new spin on an old exercise and the outcome has many benefits for frail older adults.

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News-Medical.Net
2005
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