The World's Oldest Yoga Teacher
GUPTA: "Chasing Life" today, one of my favorite parts of the show, with a woman who knows a thing or two about love, light, and truth. At age 93, Tao Porchon-Lynch has been certified by the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the oldest living yoga instructor. Thanks for joining us. Like I said, this is one of my favorite parts of the show. The segment is called "Chasing Life." So, let me just ask as a starting point, do you have a secret for long life?</s>TAO PORCHON-LYNCH, WORLD'S OLDEST LIVING YOGA TEACHER AT 93: Laugh at the world.</s>GUPTA: Laugh at the world.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Wake up early in the morning and know that this is going to be a good day and have no fear. I don't believe in fear. I believe nothing is impossible. And when we tune into our inner self and into the energy within us and everything comes to the best way possible.</s>GUPTA: I love that. And the idea of waking up with some sort of sense of purpose I think, you know, know what your purpose is.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Absolutely.</s>GUPTA: How did you become interested in yoga?</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: That comes from when I was young in France (ph), I started in yoga only because I saw boys doing it. And I thought if they can do it I can do it although my aunt said it's not lady-like.</s>GUPTA: Is that what they said that yoga was not lady like?</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Yes, not for women. It wasn't lady-like.</s>GUPTA: We're watching you on the screen and it is phenomenal what you're able to do. I mean, you're literally balancing your whole body there. How hard is that? I mean, as you watch that is that very difficult?</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Sanjay, it's what you call the creed of Asaunas (ph). All day long really all the blood is going down into our legs and we need to bring it back here even when we go to sleep. It helps you go to bed, get rid of all your thoughts and all of your problems and bring the blood back up again.</s>GUPTA: I love it. I don't know if I can do what you're demonstrating there. But you're going to turn 94 in August. You've been married twice. You have no children, yet you say you really have 400 some children.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Yes.</s>GUPTA: What do you mean by that?</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Because I feel that all of my students, no matter what their age, I am there to train and help them. That's -- when they can do something they think they've never been able to do and a smile comes over their face, that's the joy of that.</s>GUPTA: Pretty gratifying.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: It is. It's a joy (ph).</s>GUPTA: As you may know I'm very interested in diet and I try and take good care of myself. Any tips? I mean, how does your diet -- how has it contributed to your longevity?</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: I've never eaten meat.</s>GUPTA: Don't eat meat at all.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: No.</s>GUPTA: Never have.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: No, not at all. I like fruit. I have a grapefruit every morning and fruit juice and I don't drink water.</s>GUPTA: You don't drink water?</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: No, I drink fruit juice. I drink water in tea, for instance. But, no, I don't drink water.</s>GUPTA: So, no meat. No water. Lots of fruit juice. Yogurt. Nuts.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: And vegetables. But I'm not a fanatic. Because I'm really not interested in eating except when I'm with people.</s>GUPTA: Well, what about sweets? Any sweets, coffee, things like that?</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Yes. Milk chocolate.</s>GUPTA: Milk chocolate.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Yes.</s>GUPTA: I love it. I wish I had some for you. You are so adorable. It's a real pleasure to meet you.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Bless you.</s>GUPTA: I'm going to live much longer now because of this interview. Thank you very much.</s>PORCHON-LYNCH: Thank you.</s>GUPTA: Unfortunately, that's going to wrap things up for us at SGMD today. But stay connected at CNN.com/Sanjay. Also, let's keep the conversation going on Twitter @SanjayGuptaCNN. Time now, though, to get a check of your top stories in the "CNN NEWSROOM".