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The popularity of yoga continues to grow, not only in the sheer numbers of people doing it, but also among older adults and men, according to a new national survey.

Zip-lining through a cloud forest. Yoga in a butterfly sanctuary. Local, freshly ground coffee strained through a burlap filter.

The winter solstice — and the shortest day of the year — will soon be upon us (Dec. 21), and not everyone is feeling the holiday spirit. Illness, loneliness, financial troubles, family problems and depression can make many dread the “most wonderful” time of the year and endanger both mental and physical health. A recent  University of Chicago study found that feelings of loneliness and isolation can lead to increased stress, higher blood pressure and other health problems.

Cada martes y jueves en la tarde, llevo a mis hijos pequeños a su clase de karate en un dojo o estudio que también recibe a estudiantes de yoga. La sensei (maestra) y yogi que dirige el estudio es una exquisita señora mayor, divina, cultísima, con vastos conocimientos, en excelente estado de salud. Lo mismo puede neutralizar a un atacante con sus destrezas de cinta negra en artes marciales japonesas que dirigir una profunda meditación para entrar en contacto con las sensaciones del cuerpo y liberar toda clase de estrés.

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La primera dama de Estados Unidos celebra medio siglo de vida con una gran fiesta en la Casa Blanca y en medio de toda la alegrí­a, nerviosismo y preguntas que tan importante cumpleaños trae consigo, ya comenzó a prepararse para los años que están por venir.

Some fabulous freebies to end the year with and ring in 2014:

Your grandchildren are probably too busy bugging you to preorder Call of Duty: Ghosts for them to notice, but this news will bring a tear to the eye of older gamers (and there are more of us out there than you might realize). Nintendo has just revealed that it's ending production of the original  Nintendo Wii in Japan, which means that seven-year-old gaming system's days in the United States might be numbered as well.

"Yoga is for girls, yoga is for hippies," is what a group of older male veterans -- and stroke survivors -- told researchers who wanted to see if doing some basic yoga movements would help improve the veterans' balance.

She'll be inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records today, for Mother's Day, as the  oldest living yoga instructor ever.