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Tao Porchon-Lynch Receives Prestigious Padma Shri Award 2019

January 26, 2019 - The Government of India announced yesterday from New Delhi that 100-year-old historical icon and yoga master Tao Porchon-Lynch has received the prestigious Padma Shri Award for her distinguished service.  The Padma Awards, instituted in 1954, are one of the highest civilian honors of India.

Tao Porchon-Lynch Receives Prestigious Padma Shri Award 20192024-07-22T15:33:35+00:00

Tao Featured in Athleta Power of She

January 7, 2017--98-year-old yoga master Tao Porchon-Lynch is gracing the cover of the Athleta campaign this month and featured in stores and online with her student Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy as part of the Power of She initiative. The Power of She is a movement inviting women and girls to lift each other up, and together, realize our limitless potential.

Tao Featured in Athleta Power of She2024-07-22T19:24:33+00:00

Dancing Light Wins IPPY Award!!

New York, NY, April 13, 2016 – 97-year-old yoga master Tao Porchon-Lynch can add another accolade to her name, “award-winning author,” demonstrating once again that it is never too late to realize your dreams. Her book, Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master, tied for a Silver Medal in the Autobiography/Memoir II (Coming of Age/Family Legacy/Travel) national category for the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Dancing Light Wins IPPY Award!!2024-07-22T19:15:20+00:00
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