Today on an average, most of us will live 34 years longer than what the generation of our great grandparents did. This is equivalent to adding a whole adult life time to our life-span. Jane Fonda calls it the “Life’s Third Act”. This third act used to be available only to a lucky few, but now it is a norm. In a wonderful speech she talks about what does this mean. What should we be doing in our third act? How should we now look at the aging process? What are the new tools and metaphors we need to better understand life in the third act? What does the proper utilization of the third act mean for society? A talk worth watching and sharing.
In her talk she mentions that though our genes will play a significant role in how our third act plays out, we do have a lot of say in what we can do to make our third act worthwhile. Though she does not mention it directly, it should be apparent to the readers of this forum how significant the role of yoga is when it comes to the third act. If we commit to a life long practice of yoga, it can be said with confidence, that our mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health would be so enhanced that those who do get a shot at the third act, would not live to regret it.