Navigating Dynamic Aging: A Memoir

From one of the co-authors of the internationally acclaimed Dynamic Aging: Simple Exercises for Whole-Body Mobility with biomechanist Katy Bowman, comes Navigating Dynamic Aging: A Memoir. Joan Virginia Allens thought-provoking memoir challenges outdated assumptions about aging, and reflects a cultural shift—from focusing on chronological age to reimagining life as a continuing adventure, embracing possibility and discovering whats next.

At 78, Joan joined Katy Bowman and fellow co-authors to write Dynamic Aging, a book that has helped over 45,000 readers worldwide to experience greater physical mobility and vitality as they age.

Nearly a decade later, in Navigating Dynamic Aging, she now turns inward toshare her personal journey of growing older with curiosity, courage and purpose. She shares the lifetime of experiences that led her to embrace dynamic aging as a way of life—from navigating marriage, divorce, and single parenthood, to earning her law degree in midlife, and embracing reinvention long after retirement.