On Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch joined her student/biographer Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon held at the New York Hilton Midtown. Dr. Kennedy, who is a National Spokesperson for the AHA, was speaking on an educational panel entitled, “Finding Your Passion to Find Heart Health” and Tao was acknowledged at both the panel and the main luncheon. She exemplifies everything they were discussing – that we can have a sharp mind, agile body and spirit full of joy through the ages. People were enthralled to meet Tao in person. It was indeed a treat hotcanadianpharmacy.com for all – a preview to her upcoming autobiography, Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master.

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, 96-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch, Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, Dr. Icilma Fergus, Agapi Stassinopoulos, MaryAnn Browning at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtown

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, 96-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch, Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, Dr. Icilma Fergus, Agapi Stassinopoulos, MaryAnn Browning at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtown

The other dynamic women on the panel included:

  • Agapi Stassinopoulos (bestselling author and speaker),
  • Icilma V. Fergus, MD, FACC (Director of Cardiovascular Disparities at Mount Sinai Medical Center),
  • MaryAnn Browning (Founder & President of Browning’s Fitness),
  • and our moderator Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum (Director of Women’s Heart Health of Lenox Hill Hospital).
96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch and Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtown

96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch and Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtown

The luncheon keynote speaker was Arianna Huffington (Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post). The event also featured moving stories from heart disease survivors, as well as a performance from the musical “Piece of my Heart: The Bert Berns Story.” Heart disease is not just a man’s disease. 1 in 3 women die of heart disease and stroke but it can be prevented. Find out more about Go Red for Women and the American Heart Association.

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, 96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch, Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, Agapi Stassinopoulos at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtown

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, 96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch, Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, Agapi Stassinopoulos at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtown

96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch, Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, Dionne Polite at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtown

96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch, Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, Dionne Polite at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtown

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy speaking and acknowledging 96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Educational Panel at the NY Hilton Midtown

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy speaking and acknowledging 96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Educational Panel at the NY Hilton Midtown

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy speaking and acknowledging 96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Educational Panel at the NY Hilton Midtown

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy speaking and acknowledging 96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Educational Panel at the NY Hilton Midtown

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy speaking at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Educational Panel at the NY Hilton Midtown

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy speaking at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Educational Panel at the NY Hilton Midtown

96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Educational Panel at the NY Hilton Midtown

96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Educational Panel at the NY Hilton Midtown

96-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch and other ladies at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtow

96-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch and other ladies at the 2015 American Heart Association Go Red Luncheon at the NY Hilton Midtown

 

Can you keep up with Tao? Be sure to spread the light by sharing this link and these hashtags: #ThisIs96 #TaoExp #TaoPorchonLynch.

Learn more about Tao’s incredible life in her autobiography, Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master, which won 10 international and national awards. Be inspired by her image/quote book, Shining Bright: Quotes and Images to Inspire Optimism, Gratitude & Belief In Your Limitless Potential, which won the prestigious IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award.  Study her teachings in Master Course with Tao Porchon-Lynch and Stretch & Relax with Tao Porchon-Lynch.

 

Contributed by Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy.