The music may have been a bit low but that didn't stop the enthusiasm at the Scarsdale Athleta store Sunday, Jan. 15 when Tao Porchon-Lynch, known for being the world's oldest yoga teacher, took to the floor. The 98-year-old and her dance partner Anton Bilozorov, of Hartsdale's Fred Astaire Dance Studio, dazzled the crowd with their moves -- and in Porchon-Lynch's case, her three colorful dance outfits.
Ninety-eight-year-old Tao Porchon-Lynch has captured America's heart since her turn on "America's Got Talent" in 2015. Westchesterites knew her far longer from her years as the founder of the Westchester Institute of Yoga and from teaching at the JCC of Mid-Westchester in Scarsdale and at the Fred Astaire Studio in Hartsdale.
... and wellness. (See earlier Daily Voice story HERE .) You can find Porchon-Lynch at the JCC of Mid-Westchester in Scarsdale where she continues to teach classes and at the Fred Astaire Studio in Hartsdale (she's a competitive ballroom dancer as well ...
Barry's Bootcamp, a "boutique lifestyle brand," offers classes that combine treadmill runs with weight training and resistance exercises. It has opened a new studio in Scarsdale, its ninth in New York.
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.