June 1, 2023
June 1, 2023 I became a person of a certain age recently. I've been planning for it for a while, but when such a day and number arrives, it's a little like being in an aviation accident, looking around and thinking, I seem to have survived . Since the emphasis on youth and general pessimism about retaining quality of life seems to be a generalized societal expectation, I figure a little pride and defiance on my part is warranted, if only as a defensive measure. What I mean is, it's o.k. to prove to myself that the expectations about older people are someone else's mythology, not my truth. I went into my favorite hot yoga studio for the first time in three years and went through the whole 105 degree, one hour sequence in a room of 24 people. I did 6 reverse back-bend handstands, belly to the sky and and did the ten seconds countdown for the last one--a birthday tradition in the studio, along with representing your age as 10 years older when asked. The fact that I pra...
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