Keep Your Lungs Young - Breathing Space Blog

Advice told to me: To keep your lungs young, do this simple exercise two or three times a day: Stand straight and slowly exhale until all your breath is gone. Then slowly inhale until your chest is completely expanded. This exercise takes your lungs to each limit, which combats the loss of efficiency and elasticity that come with aging.

We Are Older and Wiser - Breathing Space Blog

Behavioral scientists have long believed that old age and cognitive decline went hand-in-hand.  Rather than cognitively declining, we are simply accumulating more and more information. This accumulation causes us to be a little slower when it comes to recalling specific details, but we're actually smarter as we age.

As our median age of membership increases, dispelling the myth of cognitive decline is encouraging to NSA members because it broadens an array of possibilities for our advancing years and those of our audiences. Do you want to tackle an intellectual challenge which, until this point in your life, has not been on the front burner? You have the capability.

Reference: "The Myth of Cognitive Decline: Non-linear Dynamics of Lifelong Learning" by Michael Ramscar, et al. In Topics in Cognitive Science, volume 6, issue 1, pages 5 to 42, January 2014.

Key Reflection for All Time - Breathing Space Blog

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. 
  -- John Barrymore

Key Reflection for All Time - Breathing Space Blog

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. 
  -- John Barrymore

Older but Happier! - Breathing Space Blog

Perhaps the best news I've ever relayed: more happiness may come with age. According to a study reported by CNN.com:,

# Older adults, may be better able avoid stressful situations which may mean less negative emotion

# They also may limit the time spent thinking about negative aspects of a situation

# Memory may also contribute to older adults' positive emotional state

Older but Happier! - Breathing Space Blog

Perhaps the best news I've ever relayed: more happiness may come with age. According to a study reported by CNN.com:,

# Older adults, may be better able avoid stressful situations which may mean less negative emotion

# They also may limit the time spent thinking about negative aspects of a situation

# Memory may also contribute to older adults' positive emotional state

Enjoying Life - Mark Twain - Breathing Space Blog

"The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity." – Mark Twain

Enjoying Life - Mark Twain - Breathing Space Blog

"The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity." – Mark Twain