Guest Opinion | InTERNAL YOUTH

It seems to me society is offering us various methods to be outwardly, “forever youthful.” My personal lifetime quest is creating “inner-youth.” I use the term quest since I began this journey in my early twenties. It’s not a quick-fix it’s a lifestyle.

Aging is a natural by-product of living. However, one has many choices on how to “engage with age.” Honoring the body with a healthy balanced diet, exercise, introspection, positive attitude, mindfulness and inner, spiritual growth is the path I’m most familiar with. 

I’ve decided to age naturally and it helps to have a sense-of-humor attached to this decision. For example, embracing the changes in my body. Knowing my face is telling a story of the days spent on earth, as I learn to appreciate those “smile- lines” around the mouth and eyes. 

Living life on my own terms in small ways also helps. When I moved to California and applied for my driver’s license, I had to place a check-mark next to hair color. The description they offered was grey. I quickly crossed out that drab, mundane label and wrote silver. I adore my hair color. Silver is full of sparkling light. I don’t perceive it as being negative nor lackluster. I see it as light energy, like an aura surrounding my face. The list goes on. 

As long as I have a youthful gait, can continue to teach, engage with people socially, be aware of on-going spiritual lessons and maintain a healthy lifestyle… I’ll count my blessings and will honor the aging process as a means to attain the status of a wise-woman.

Stephanie Rosenblatt joyfully teaches private and group Wu Style Tai Chi classes, facilitates The Circle of Chi Seasonal Workshops on how to accomplish goals by being in-tune with Mother Nature’s energy. She also offers Illumination Readings as she channels life perspective through the lens of one’s soul.