Andrea Gilats is a writer, edu­ca­tor, artist, and for­mer yoga teacher who was the cofounder and long­time direc­tor of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Minnesota’s leg­endary Split Rock Arts Pro­gram, as well as Split Rock Online Men­tor­ing for Writ­ers. She is author of Restor­ing Flex­i­bil­i­ty: A Gen­tle Yoga-Based Prac­tice to Increase Mobil­i­ty at Any Age and has writ­ten many arti­cles about aging.