View full sizeEmily Fuggetta/The OregonianSonya Norton (center), 72, demonstrates tai chi movements during a annual 50+ Connections Expo in Vancouver, Wash., on Sunday. Norton and other members of a Portland-area Taoist Tai Chi Society showed off moves that could be achieved seated or station and assistance urge coherence and strength.A decade ago, Sonya Norton  was only underneath 5 feet 4 inches tall. By 2009, she stood scarcely an in. taller.

The 72-year-old Vancouver lady pronounced Sunday that practicing Taoist tai chi is partial of a lifestyle that keeps her healthy and happy — in partial by a earthy practice and in partial by a fun that comes with being partial of a village of active people.

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