Tao Porchon-Lynch considers her hundreds of yoga students to be her own children. The 93-year-old has been practicing yoga since she was 8 years old, and was just named the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records.

Based in New York, Porchon-Lynch has taught hundreds of students around the globe for over 45 years, and has followers in India, France and the U.S.

Accolades arent anything knew for the famous yogi. Born in a French colony in India, she once won a contest for the best legs in Europe after working as a cabaret dancer in London during World War II. Her win led to a modeling career in Paris and then acting roles in America, followed by a career in script writing and documentaries.

It wasnt until the age of 73 that Porchon-Lynch decided to concentrate on teaching yoga, founding the Westchester Institute of Yoga in New York.

According to her website, Tao is a living advertisement for how to tap into our human potential. She is unique in her ability to overcome the effects of aging to control her body and mind in harmony with yogas principles.

Porchon-Lynch teaches yoga four days a week and also keeps busy ballroom dancing and guiding wine tours in New York State. And she certainly knows how to overcome a challenge. At 87, she had hip surgery but a month later she took to the dance floor, starting lessons.

I believe that we can always reach just a little bit further," said Porchon-Lynch. "Im inspired to bring yoga into others lives along with helping people unearth new talents.

The previous record-holder for oldest yoga teacher was Bernice Bates, 91, of Florida, who was given the title last year.

Oldest bodybuilder When great-grandmother Edith Wilma Connor, 77, began to feel like the time spent behind her desk was making her stagnant she decided to take up fitness. She was in her sixties, and what began as simple gym routine with her son turned into a serious pursuit of bodybuilding.

She has called her discovery of the sport her salvation.

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An Internet weight-loss sensation that involves a new, high-intensity form of yoga has led a once-obese man to drop a 100 pounds.

Arthur Boorman, 47, has managed to lose the weight using DDP, or Diamond Dallas Page, which is a pumped-up form of yoga that forgoes all of the gongs and serenity typically associated with the Hindu physical and spiritual discipline.

"It's a different kind of yoga. We make a joke: 'It ain't your momma's yoga,'" Boorman said.

DDP was invented by Diamond Dallas Page, an extreme former wrestler who thought yoga could use a new intensity. We all know yoga can build strength and flexibility, but it can also be the key to significant weight loss by creating a slow, deep resistance to each movement, getting the body working against itself. Page's program capitalizes on this.

These days it's hard to imagine that not many years ago, Boorman was a Gulf War veteran with some serious back issues. At that time he plunged into some dark days, becoming so obese that at one point, he couldn't walk without leg braces.

Boorman thought yoga could help his back pain, but no studios wanted to work with him because he couldn't stand on his own.

"I was up late, on a search engine just typing different things, and I typed in yoga and broken back, and up popped Dallas' page," he recalls.

Boorman soon got the Page's DVDs, and slowly and surprisingly he saw himself shrinking, tightening and strengthening.

After his weight loss, Boorman has now moved from DDP student to teacher. But he must warn his pupils that there is nothing soothing or meditative about his class.

"It's like the Marines, yoga for the Marines," Claire, one of Boorman's students, said.

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SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This Saturday, May 12th, Black Dog Yoga celebrates its tenth anniversary as an inviting, safe and unpretentious yoga studio, centrally located in the San Fernando Valley.

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The original owners, Steve and Shirley O'Connor, first opened the doors of the studio in May, 2002. Peter Barnett took over as owner in 2008, continuing the commitment of the original owners to make a contribution to the local community. Today, Black Dog Yoga offers a varied schedule of 90 weekly classes, including several discount community classes to make yoga more accessible.

As the studio gears up for its anniversary party, congratulations have poured in from past and present students, like Susan Jensen Debonne, who wrote in an email, "Black Dog will forever have the most special place in my heart. Whenever anyone asks me where I recommend for yoga, without hesitation, Black Dog is my answer. What you do at that place is what all yoga studios should strive to do. The energy is beautiful, upbeat and non-threatening. I feel so fortunate to have discovered Black Dog. I look forward to returning again and again for my favorite class - Peter's, of course - and for all the other wonderful classes you offer!"

As part of the studio's commitment to community service, in November, 2011, Black Dog Yoga adopted the Downtown Women's Center as its primary charity. All proceeds from the studio's donation classes now go to the DWC. Once a month, the studio donates groceries for a special dinner prepared by the Black Dog Yoga Cooking Club, a group of volunteer yoga students and staff, spearheaded by Rose Gresch, manager of Black Dog Yoga, and a former chef at Spago.

Black Dog Yoga offers an eclectic mix of Hatha yoga, primarily based on the Ashtanga Vinyasa and Anusara disciplines. With classes for all levels, the studio is dedicated to making yoga accessible and fun in a clean and nurturing environment.

Steered by owner Peter Barnett, and a growing roster of more than 30 gifted instructors, Black Dog Yoga has become the premier yoga facility in the San Fernando Valley. Withthree practice rooms and a retail area, totaling 4,500 square feet, it is the largest, independently-owned yoga studio in the Valley area of Los Angeles. For more information, visit http://www.blackdogyoga.com.

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09-05-2012 11:47 - Bonnie Bell, Principal Director, Career & Life Coaching at Bell Investment Advisors, explains what a typical career and life coaching session at Bell is like, and why a career and life coach is essential to success. http

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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Welcome back, From the End of the Bench loyalists. It's been awhile since we last met on the first Monday night in April, or should I say the early morning hours after Kentucky finished off its a fate accompli by hoisting the national championship.

Since then, the Wildcats' starting five entered the NBA draft in one press conference - the main draw of a collegiate exodus that included the likes of North Carolina's Kendall Marshall and Harrison Barnes, Connecticut's Jeremy Lamb just in time for the Huskies' one-year NCAA Tournament suspension and Baylor's Perry Jones and Quincy Miller after one underwhelming season apiece.

Seth Greenberg was hosting a recruit when he heard of a hastily called news conference to announce his termination at Virginia Tech. Larry Eustachy parlayed his second life and subsequent success at Southern Mississippi into a better gig at Colorado State. His predecessor, Tim Miles, took his halftime Twitter prowess to Nebraska. Johnny Jones packed his bags for LSU after former head coach Trent Johnson departed for TCU.

And all of those moving places came into place before we could even reflect back on the 2011 season. College basketball's transition period is so brief, allowing just enough time for Kentucky to clean up its streamers before jumping into a barrage of early entries and coaching changes.

Luther Vandross provides three minutes for reflection, then it's full steam ahead on the same plane as David Axelrod and the President's re-election campaign: FORWARD.

Yet the game's biggest leap forward to date was a step back to the past. The op-ed below isn't to wax poetic about Larry Brown's many accomplishments, of which there are many. My Sports Network colleague Phil Neuffer already laid about Brown's collegiate and professional feats in a column last week.

The point of this exercise is to look deeper, at the historical significance of the hire, the monkey in the room on the recruiting trail (Brown's age), and a nomad's (inability to maintain his interest in a game that has evolved greatly since he was last part of it.

SMU's journey to the Big East was a piece of opportunistic desperation that stemmed from power players' mass exodus from a once-proud league, and that very league's necessary search west of the Mississippi River to find teams eager to jump at the lore of major conference money, television appearances and a seat at the grown-ups' table. What SMU had going for it was its proximity to a major media market (Dallas), its football history and its willingness to say yes. The jump from Conference USA to the Big East had nothing to do with basketball; it just so happened that Brown came along for the ride in a move made for headlines.

The Mustangs haven't made the NCAA Tournament since 1992-1993, yet they have shown recent interest in improving their program, beginning with the hire of former North Carolina head coach (and one-time Brown assistant) Matt Doherty followed by the building of a new multi-million dollar basketball facility and, now, the increased exposure of playing in the Big East.

The Doherty plan failed, but in its wake still lays a sparkling recruiting showcase to the best the Lone Star State has to offer. Currently nine Mustangs hail from Texas, and Brown's first priority is not only going after a typical SMU recruit, but aiming at the state's upper-echelon talent normally reserved for Rick Barnes in Austin, Bill Self in Lawrence or Coach K out east in Durham.

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Rugby semi-final preview: First meeting of BYU, Life

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May 8th, 2012 @ 9:55am

PROVO After beating the UCLA Bruins 103-24 in front of a capacity South Field crowd last weekend, the Brigham Young University Cougars advance to take on Mid-South champ Life in Marietta, Ga., in the collegiate D1-A semifinals this weekend.

The matchup against the Running Eagles of Life will be the first for BYU as Life makes its first semi-final appearance in the history of its program, while the Cougars will be involved in their eighth straight semi-final appearance.

BYU will be somewhat familiar with the surroundings and coaching staff of Life, as the Cougars have been involved with both during the Cougars 2009 national championship run. The 2009 regional qualifier and quarterfinal for BYU were both played at the Marietta schools rugby complex, and the Cougars emerged victorious to advance to the semi-finals against an up-start San Diego State University led at the time by current Life head coach Dan Payne.

In 2009, BYU beat SDSU coming from behind to make a similar feat against Cal Berkeley and win their first national championship.

Despite a number of players who were young in 2009 and are still on the Cougars roster today, BYU head coach David Smyth knows traveling to Life and going up against a strong team will be a tall order.

There are a few similarities from 2009, Smyth said, But as you look at it closely, this will be a very different experience. Dan [Payne] has done a great job building their team, and they are the envy of many aspiring collegiate programs with the amount of support their school provides. We expect nothing but a hard-fought game.

The Running Eagles of Life currently sit 9-0 on the season having run rough-shod through their competition, combining to score 546 points and only allow 55 points in eight conference games.

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Pathway Genomics Corporation, a genetic testing laboratory, now offers a health coaching service through a national non-profit organization. Provided by Healthy Adventures Foundation, the health coaching service is currently available as an addition to Pathway Genomics premier genetic testing service, Pathway Fit, which tests for food metabolism and exercise response and is available through physicians. The health coaching service provides a comprehensive approach to diet and lifestyle change by using patients genetic testing results to help set measurable goals and objectives, monitor progress, and track changes in health.

Pathway is pleased to align with Healthy Adventures Foundation and add health coaching as a complement to Pathways genetic testing services, said Jim Plante, Pathways founder and CEO. Using a health coach is an excellent option for physicians who want to empower patients to make positive lifestyle changes based on their genetic test results.

Offered as a separate service called Pathway Fit PLUSSM, the health coaching service is available directly to patients in three options each based on the level of guidance the patient needs. The service is provided by wellness coaches who are educated and experienced in assisting patients understanding of current lifestyle habits in order to identify and achieve realistic steps towards a healthier lifestyle. The goal is to build supportive relationships that empower people to change by providing encouragement, resources, tools and education.

For more information about Pathway Fit PLUS, visit http://www.pathway.com/fit-plus.

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Pathway Genomics owns and operates an on-site genetic testing laboratory that is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), accredited in accordance with the U.S. Health and Human Services Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988, and licensed by the state of California. Using only a saliva sample, the company incorporates customized and scientifically validated technologies to generate personalized reports, which address a variety of medical issues, including an individuals carrier status for recessive genetic conditions, food metabolism and exercise response, prescription drug response, and propensity to develop certain diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer. For more information about Pathway Genomics, visit http://www.pathway.com.

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BLUEFIELD From 2007-09, Jesse Lester compiled a 76-6 record as the boys basketball coach at Wyoming East, winning two state championships and finishing second in the third.

At that point he walked away from the game.

I was kind of worn down and to be honest with you, I was living in Camp Creek when I had those last two coaching jobs, and I had what you could call long distance coaching jobs, said Lester, who was a head coach at Wyoming County schools Herndon and Baileysville prior to arriving at New Richmond as an assistant in the early 2000s.

Lester, who still lives in Camp Creek and teaches at PikeView, now has a shorter drive to be able to resume a coaching career that includes a 298-129 record at three schools, including two state titles and two state runner-up finishes.

Basically my role in life is to help young people as a teacher and coach to reach some of their goals and dreams in life, Lester said. That is why I coach and teach.

He had to do it from afar in the past. During a 13-year span, Lester had to endure a daily drive of more than 1 1/2 hours from Princeton to Baileysville, and later had to commute an hour and 10 minutes from Camp Creek to Wyoming East.

His trip to PikeView? Less than 20 minutes.

Anytime you are traveling that much and gone all the time, it kind of wears you down and burns you out a little bit, said Lester, whose first job at his alma mater in Herndon was just three miles from his home. Now it takes me about 15 to 18 minutes to get to school every day...

Those kind of things just wore me down and I needed to get away for a while.

When Anderson resigned after last season, Lester started getting hints from students and community supporters to take over the program at PikeView.

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08-05-2012 17:16 Hello how are you I am on here to try to help everyone eat better and exercise If you need any help with that email me please do not forget to eat raw organic fruit focusing on the fruit vegetable especially dark leafy greens nuts and seeds and exercise two hours or two miles a day everyday huge hugs remember you are loved huge hugs dedicating all my videos to my mom who passed on to Heaven April 24, 2012 She will be enormously missed.

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