Just A Number

I am forever young and he is an old soul

Age is just a number in my opinion, I don't understand the obsession with youth and the conclusion that eventually you get old and sick.  I am forever young because of the examples of my grandmother who God Willing will be 99 next month, my parents, and my amazing 82 year old Yoga teacher, http://www.raghavanyoga.net/.  I believe in living in the now, enjoying the moment, connecting mind and body, and staying present with your family, friends, work, and fun.  In Russia where I was born, a birthday is a reason to party and celebrate, nothing to do with a number and the way you should behave and live because of that number.

My mom is 70 and she is healthier than ever, and she was telling me that it is amazing how things can always change for the better, we can always improve.  Each person can seek what works for them, for my mother it was exercise in water.  She has inherited arthritis, and throughout our life I remember her weak, but now she is stronger than ever, we do not help her with her luggage when she comes from the airport, she rolls it out herself, and we pick her up at the curb.  I also dropped her off at the curb, she easily picks up my kids, stands up and down, and ran around town effortlessly with me for the past two weeks that she visited.  My father is 75 (don't tell him I told you, he looks much younger), exercises daily, and is the handsomest and strongest man I know.

I am turning 42 this year, I had my kids at 35, 37, 39, I had all those tests after 35 done when I was pregnant, and Thank God for good genes and a healthy, active lifestyle, all was working as it should. Dr. Oz said 40 is the new 20, and that is how I feel, nowadays in our culture exercise and nutrition are on people's minds, we live differently than past generations.

I do not want to go back to my high school years, I only get better and better :) Life must move forward in some way, shape, or form.  Nobody wants to be stagnant, so delve deep inside, what are your gifts, what are your passions, express the real you, we all want and need to see it.  If you do not become all that you can be, nobody else will do it like you could have done it, we are all unique, please share yourself, do not deprive the world of your essence, purpose, and light.

Coach Yulia