Back Story: Yoga & Fitness Series - Why the Irish Age So Well - John Conroy and Sherry Zak Morris

Greetings from West Ireland and I'm here spending a few days with John Conroy Who is a five-time Yoga Vista Academy grad I had the opportunity to attend for John's classes on a Monday He has two in the morning two in the afternoon, and he was a go-go person I thought I was a little person, but he has me definitely over the rainbow on that one So we had a wonderful time and one thing I really noticed about John's classes that I was so impressed with Most of the people have been with him since he started and that was seven or eight years ago And many of them have been there at least four or five years and what I saw was strong powerful straight posture women 60s 70s 80s and even some 90 year olds, too And the other thing that I thought was really amazing as guess what? They didn't use the chair all of his classes actually start standing and they're all standing. He always has a chair nearby He always prompts them and gives them options to use the chair for their balance or if they get tired Nobody took them most of his classes had at least 30 to 40 people in it and they were dedicated students afterwards They kept on coming up to me and saying John is a lifesaver. John is wonderful. He's amazing He makes us strong and these women I saw them walking to classes along the village roads And I saw them walking out of classes along the village roads, and these women are sturdy I was really really impressed and John said when they first started he did everything in the chair and What he started to notice is that he wanted to keep challenging them and challenging them and look at five years later These women are stronger than they ever were. So I'm really impressed by his approach He calls his classes active senior fitness classes. And you know what? That's a great name for it I really believe that these are not just classes for seniors they're for active seniors the women the men that want to be stronger as they get older and Not given to the weakness that comes when you age in your bones and your muscles and in your spirit So we saw a lot of different creative ways of teaching John uses balls and he's his sticks and he uses the wall And he has so much great ideas and they have fun people were laughing It was such a playful time and it was wonderful to see all the great work that he's doing here So I'm excited to share many of his live classes that I filmed in this series that John and I have filmed together So John and I the first couple days I was here was cold and rainy and I said this is Irish summer and he said Yeah, unfortunately it is we were out and about we went to the Cliffs of Moher. We went to some villages We went out into the Abbey. So we have some really cool things in store for you Also, some of the videos have been filmed inside of his house So you'll see a little bit of what that Irish farmhouse looks like and he's done a wonderful job I don't know if you know but John's background as a horticulturist that's what he studied in college and then he's totally switched careers to be more of a fitness teacher and He attributes a lot of his success and a lot of his knowledge to yoga Vista Academy Which I'm forever grateful for that and I'm just super grateful that I've been able to come here in Ireland and spend a few days With John and just get to live in his world, which is an amazing world. So all of you out there I hope you enjoy this little series that John and I put together that kind of short videos Kind of targeting different things and that we made it fun and we did it as a duo. So until the next time namaste