Tag Archive for Mahatma Gandhi

Dancing Light Wins 2016 IPPY Award!!!

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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.

Make Room For Belief

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Make Room For Belief – As Immanuel Kant said, “I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.”

Workshops with Tao in Kansas City

97-year-old yoga master Tao Porchon-Lynch and Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy leading The Gandhi Effect workshop in Kansas City

From Thursday, August 27th through Saturday, August 29th, Kansas City was graced with wisdom from the world’s oldest yoga teacher–97-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch who exemplifies her mantra, “There Is Nothing You Cannot Do.”

Filming of Arun Gandhi and Tao Porchon-Lynch

96-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch and 81-year-old Arun Gandhi, July 9, 2015

On Thursday, July 9th, 2015, I had the honor of interviewing Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, 81-year-old Arun Gandhi, alongside my dear teacher 96-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be in the presence of two people who had first-hand experiences with the “great soul”, Mohandas Gandhi. Both Arun and Tao have a philosophical lineage that is similar–influenced by Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo and Mohandas Gandhi. Yet, they grew up in very different environments.

JCC Event with Tao

Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy moderating an event with 96-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon-Lynch at the JCC Mid-Westchester on April 27, 2015

On Monday, April 27, 2015, the JCC Mid-Westchester in Scarsdale, New York hosted “An Evening with Tao Porchon-Lynch.” It was a conversation with 96-year-old yoga master Tao Porchon-Lynch about her incredible life and inspirational philosophy moderated by Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy.

Shut Out Toxic People

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Shut Out Toxic Guests – As Mahatma Gandhi said, “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
- Mahatma Gandhi