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Tao Porchon
Actor
Born August 13, 1918Died February 21, 2020 (101 years)
Tao Porchon-Lynch was an American yoga master and award-winning author of French and Indian descent. She discovered yoga in 1926 when she was eight years old in India and studied with, among others, Sri Aurobindo, B.K.S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois, Swami Prabhavananda, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. At age 101, she taught a weekly class in New York, and led programs across the globe. She was the author of two books, including her autobiography, Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master, which won a 2016 IPPY Award and three 2016 International Book Awards. In the front matter endorsement, Deepak Chopra said: "One of the most acclaimed yoga teachers of our century, Tao Porchon-Lynch... is a mentor to me who embodies the spirit of yoga and is an example of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind. Like yoga, she teaches us to let go and to have exquisite awareness in every moment."
Filmography
| 2014 | Yoga for the Rest of Us with Peggy Cappy: The Secret to Strength and Balance · as Program Participant |
| 1957 | Meet McGraw (TV Series) · as Woman Confederate |
| 1955 | To Hell and Back · as French Girl |
| 1954 | The Last Time I Saw Paris · as Frenchwoman |
| 1953 | Half a Hero · as French Mother |
| 1953 | Sangaree · as Minor Role |
| 1952 | I Married Joan (TV Series) · as Carlotta Carlyle |
| 1952 | Lovely to Look At · as French Girl |
| 1951 | The Strange Door · as Barmaid |
| 1951 | Show Boat · as Chorus Girl |
| 1951 | Dr. Knock · as Cast |
| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad · as The Golden Idol |
| 1940 | Three Cockeyed Sailors · as Minor Role |