'Growing Younger' author speaks today in Minden

Staff Reports

Ellen Wood, columnist and author of "The Secret Method for Growing Younger," shares her success of growing younger, 6:30 p.m. June 17, at the Carson Valley Arts Council, 1572 Highway 395 in Minden. Admission is free; donations welcome. Half of the donations benefit the Carson Valley Arts Council.

Aging isn't what we've been led to think, according Wood. "You don't have to become weak, lose your faculties or stop living your dreams as you age. That's just an idea we've all come to believe. It's a powerful belief with negative results because what we believe can have a profound effect on the cells of our bodies, according to epigenetic scientists. This new science is also proving that we can change our beliefs and therefore change our biology."

Wood, 73, shows it's possible to grow younger and reverse the symptoms of aging most people accept as normal. After watching her mother waste away with Alzheimer's, Wood expected the same to be her fate. The retired marketing executive began to experience short-term memory loss and other signs of progressive deterioration.

But at age 67, Wood made up her mind to grow younger. Her program, involving body, mind and spirit action steps, turned her life around. Wood regained her mental acuity, a stronger, more flexible body and the stamina and energy she'd had 30 years before.

Wood published her first book, speaks for corporations and conferences and writes a newspaper column, blog and newsletters. Information, www.howtogrowyounger.com