{"id":34668,"date":"2015-10-16T04:20:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T08:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=34668"},"modified":"2015-10-16T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T22:07:09","slug":"lessons-learned-from-a-senior-yogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/journal\/lessons-learned-from-a-senior-yogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons Learned from a Senior Yogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember the day I met Germ\u00e1n Bravo-Casas, the gentleman who would be leading the more literary, scholastic portion of my <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/6-reasons-time-yoga-teacher-training\/\" target=\"_blank\">teacher training<\/a> program at <a href=\"http:\/\/yogatothepeople.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yoga to the People<\/a>. He passed around two very important yogic texts: a yellowing and clearly beloved translation of <em>The Upanishads \u2026 <\/em>and an equally dog-eared copy of <em>Cat Yoga: Fitness and Flexibility for the Modern Feline<\/em>. A classic tome and hilarious kittens\u2014here was a man after my own heart.<\/p>\n<p>Listening to Germ\u00e1n lecture on yoga (or, in his silky Colombian accent, \u201cjoh-gah\u201d) is a unique honor. He\u2019s been practicing yoga since 1961, is the President of the Yoga Club at the United Nations, and continues to lead teacher trainings as a scholar and academic (no, really\u2014he has an entire room of his home dedicated to yoga literature).<\/p>\n<p>Though it\u2019s tempting to just gawk at senior yogis, I\u2019m more interested in discussing the power of a long-term practice and teasing out the <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/wanderlust-teacher-training-18-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">truths they\u2019ve learned<\/a> in that time. Because one truth I know for sure is that in order to be a good teacher, one must first be a good student.<\/p>\n<p>Germ\u00e1n taught me that.<\/p>\n<p>I had the opportunity to ask him some questions about his life\u2019s practice and what it\u2019s truly like to be a senior yogi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long have you been practicing yoga? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am 76 and I started when I was 15.<\/p>\n<p>At age 15, I was suffering from pain in my joints and I was diagnosed with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arthritis.org\/living-with-arthritis\/exercise\/workouts\/yoga\/yoga-benefits.php\" target=\"_blank\">arthritis<\/a>. My doctor recommended two things: Reduce the consumption of red meat and to do yoga.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What has been the most important long-term benefit of your yoga practice\u2014is it the physical strength? The meditative aspect? Something else?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a combination of the physical and mental benefits. Certainly, the physical preparation is important, but not enough. The physical preparation should facilitate a mental practice: meditation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the challenges of being a senior yogi\u2014is it hard to stabilize the joints of a body that is older but still flexible? Is it being part of an under-represented population in the studio scene? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/article\/philosophy\/who-was-patanjali\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patanjali<\/a> defined yoga as \u201cthe control of the fluctuations of the mind.\u201d That control is difficult to achieve when we are young, but a strong and vigorous physical practice is a good tool. As we age, we don\u2019t need too much of that physical practice \u2026 as we age with a solid practice, we are able to relax more easily and to have a \u201csteady and comfortable posture,\u201d which is what Patanjali considers the physical way to achieve the stillness of the mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you capable of now that you weren\u2019t when you first began practicing? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Concentration and meditation. Through the years, I have been devoting more time to <a href=\"http:\/\/yoganonymous.com\/breathing-is-the-medication-it-s-better-than-any-drug\" target=\"_blank\">control the breath<\/a> (<em>Pranayama<\/em>), relax the senses, and prepare for concentration and meditation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a favorite pose to practice? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have many favorite poses, including Padmasana (lotus) for meditation; Sarvangasana and Sirsasana (shoulder and headstand are good <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yoganonymous.com\/10-benefits-of-yoga-inversions\/\" target=\"_blank\">inversions<\/a>); Mayurasana (peacock for arm balance); and Agni Sara (combining the stomach lift or Uddiyana Bandha with pumping the abdomen).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/live-wanderlust-fest.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/German-Bravo-Casas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34675 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/live-wanderlust-fest.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/German-Bravo-Casas.jpg\" alt=\"German Bravo-Casas\" width=\"389\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Interviewer\u2019s note:<\/em><\/strong><em> Germ\u00e1n\u2019s Mayurasana is legendary amongst YTTP alumni, partly because he\u2019ll be in the middle of lecturing, then jump into the pose (in khakis and polo shirt, no less!), and then go right back to serious discussion like nothing ever happened (see right)\u2014amazing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you wish you saw more of in the yoga community? How has the yoga world changed since you first began practicing? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that we have around 20 million people practicing yoga in the U.S. today, and there are ten thousand new yoga teachers trained each year. Yoga is still expanding as a fashion and there is a large \u201cbiodiversity\u201d of schools, practices, and styles, many of them corresponding more to the capricious personality of some of the teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Through the years, I am more convinced that what really is important is to maintain a regular yoga practice. Yogi Berra used to say: \u201cIn theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.\u201d This applies perfectly in yoga. You can have a wonderful knowledge of yoga anatomy and yoga philosophy, but what finally helps us to achieve \u201cpersonal transformation\u201d is practice. That is why I insist in the teacher training program that the role of a teacher is to help the students to discover the teachers inside themselves. Yes, we should continue to study the classic texts\u2014<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1938477073\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1938477073&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wanderlustcom-20&amp;linkId=BXPJAF23RQFCFCOI\" target=\"_blank\">The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali<\/a><\/em>, <em>The<\/em> Bhagavad Gita, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and other seminal works\u2014but the most important part is practice.<\/p>\n<p><em>Feel free to <a href=\"mailto:GABravo123@aol.com?Subject=Saw%20your%20article%20on%20Wanderlust\" target=\"_blank\">reach out to Germ\u00e1n<\/a>, or to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Yoga-Club-at-the-United-Nations-UNSRC-112217598845761\/timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yoga Club at the United Nations Facebook page<\/a> to connect.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Top photo via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/portfolio\/BraunS?facets={%22pageNumber%22:1,%22perPage%22:100,%22abstractType%22:[%22photos%22,%22illustrations%22,%22video%22,%22audio%22],%22order%22:%22bestMatch%22,%22portfolioID%22:[12357572],%22additionalAudio%22:%22true%22,%22f%22:true}\" target=\"_blank\">iStock<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Middle photo courtesy of Germ\u00e1n Bravo-Casas<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/live-wanderlust-fest.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sized-Bio-Pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-30233 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/live-wanderlust-fest.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sized-Bio-Pic.jpg\" alt=\"sized Bio Pic\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Jessica Kulick is a certified vinyasa and hot traditional yoga teacher, as well as freelance writer. She has contributed travel writing to sites such as Matador Network, Literary Traveler, and Spotted by Locals, and currently manages the offices of Wanderlust\u2019s Brooklyn headquarters. You can find her on Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/jess_kulick\/\" target=\"_blank\">@jess_kulick<\/a>) where she is usually chasing sunshine and eating pistachios. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What it\u2019s like to practice and teach yoga at 76.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":34691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1057],"tags":[81,803,425],"class_list":["post-34668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wisdom","tag-teacher-training","tag-wisdom","tag-yoga-teacher"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.0 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lessons Learned from a Senior Yogi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What it\u2019s 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