98-Year-Old Westchester Yogi Gets ‘Model’ Treatment From Athleta

Such is the proclamation on the January 2017 cover of Athleta, a national catalog of athleisure apparel featuring 98-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch , founder of the Westchester Institute of Yoga. The White Plains resident -- at the moment teaching classes in the Bahamas -- has a certain je ne sais quoi that attracts people to her.

White Plains 98-Year-Old Yoga Master Gets Star Treatment In New York Times

It might be hard to imagine an 98-year-old woman executing complicated yoga poses with ease or strutting her stuff on "America's Got Talent," but in one White Plains nonagenarian's case, it's not a stretch at all. Despite having had, not one, but three hip replacements, she still teaches in Hartsdale and Scarsdale - when she isn't taking part in competitive ballroom dancing, that is.