“Zvinoshamisa!” akadaro Gloria Clavijo, nhengo yeCentre for Adults Living Well (CALW), chirongwa cheY kwemazera 60 uye vakuru. Sevashandi vakakungurutsa keke hofori yepingi yebhavhadhe nehari inofananidzwa nehyacinth mukirasi yake yeyoga, akasvetukira mudenga — kufamba kunoshamisa kune chero munhu. Asi Gloria, mumhanyi ane bvudzi resirivha uye mudzidzisi weyoga, akanga achangotendeuka 80.
"Runako,” akadaro Gloria, vane hunyanzvi hwekufamba kunosanganisira zvitsigiro zvemusoro uye zvimwe zvakatsiga-pasi inversions. Akaombera maoko apo vana vechikoro vainge vakaungana kuti vamubatsire kupembera. Pati yekushamisika iyi, achitevera kirasi yake yeChitatu mangwanani yevakuru, yakasimbisa ukama hune revo hwaGloria, zvose zviri mukati meWashington Heights uye Y, kwaakadzidzisa yoga seanozvipira kwekupedzisira 18 makore.
“Ndakaona vadzidzi vangu vachivandudza,” Gloria akadaro nezvevadzidzi vake, vazhinji vaave achiziva kwemakumi emakore. “Vanowedzera kusimba uye vanochinja-chinja. Ndicho chikamu chakanakisisa. "
Gloria, uyo anobva kuBogota, Korombiya, akatamira kuFort Washington Avenue "makore mazhinji apfuura" uye aive nevanasikana vatatu, mumwe wavo ndiMarcela Clavijo, murayiridzi weIyengar anozivikanwa zvikuru uye sisita weTibetan Buddhist.
"Ndakatanga yoga 30 makore apfuura,” Gloria akatsanangura. “Mushure mekunge murume wangu ashaya, Ndakasurukirwa. Ini ndaifarira Iyengar nekuti ndaifarira tsika uye huzivi hwekuyananisa muviri nepfungwa. " Gloria, uyo anodzidzira mangwanani oga oga, akati yaanofarira yoga pose ndeye triangle nekuti inovhura chipfuva uye inosimudzira kugadzikana mumakumbo nemuhudyu, nzvimbo dzakanangwa dzevatengi vakura. Pakati pevadzidzi vake, anozivikanwa semudzidzisi ane rudo anoda kutarisisa uye kutariswa kune zvakadzama. Gloria pachake muenzaniso.
“Ndinofarira kutamba,” akadaro Gloria, anowanzo shanyira zviitiko zvemimhanzi kuCALW uye muguta rese. “Ndinofarira kutamba muguta rose. Ndinodya zvakanaka. Ndinogara zvakanaka. Ndine hupenyu hwakanaka. "
Dzidza zvakawanda nezvekusimba kweCALW, utano, uye makirasi ehutanopano.