Andrea Gilats, Ph.D., is a writer, educator, artist, and former yoga teacher who has published two highly praised books, After Effects: A Memoir of Complicated Grief and Restoring Flexibility: A Gentle Yoga-Based Practice to Increase Mobility at Any Age. Her most recent book, Radical Endurance: Growing Old in an Age of Longevity, is forthcoming from the University of Minnesota Press. After serving for 20 years as the founding director of the University of Minnesota’s legendary Split Rock Arts Program, she went on to direct two pioneering lifelong learning programs for older adults, LearningLife and Encore Transitions.