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Ninety five-year-old June Blank, who lives at The Palace Suites, a senior living community in Kendall, shares her love for yoga with fellow residents, teaching the centuries old practice along with meditation on Tuesday afternoons.
Blank has been practicing yoga for approximately 50 years and taught for many of the years at Miami Dade College and the Yoga Research Foundation. Her classes offered an inspirational blend of postures, breathing, philosophy, relaxation and mediation for health and higher awareness.
“Yoga is wonderful,” Blank said. “It’s a healthier way to conduct yourself and become a better person.”
From adopting healthier eating to more effective ways of dealing with anger, she has found yoga changed her life. Yoga helped her become more relaxed and has offered her a lifetime of better health and happiness.
Working at The University of Miami’s Department of Psychiatry, she found yoga could also be used to lift someone out of depression while offering emotional support. She used relaxation therapies for patients in the hospital. When she retired, she started teaching and developed a following of longtime students.
Blank’s flexibility is evident as she teaches her Palace students. Resident Thelma Penna believes exercise is important regardless of one’s age. She has been participating regularly in Blank’s classes at The Palace. Jerry Hacker agrees that participating is helping her stay healthy by improving breathing and body movement.
