Full of Life at 93, Here Are Some of Her Secrets

Full of Life at 93, Here Are Some of Her Secrets
Phyllis Sues holding a yoga pose. Photo by Cat Doran
Conan Milner
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Phyllis Sues is living proof that staying active keeps you young. At 93, she has more energy than many people a fraction of her age.

Sues spent her youth studying ballet and classical Spanish dance, and performing in clubs around the world. Later, she was a regular fixture on Broadway and television. But even after she gave up the dancing gigs, Sues was just warming up.

For most people, growing old means slowing down, but not for Sues. When she turned 50, she started her own fashion business.

At 70, she learned French and Italian.

At 83, she began practicing on the trapeze, an experience she says inspired her to write music.

She is now an accomplished pianist with two albums to her credit: “Tango Insomnia” and “Scenes of Passion.”

At 85, Sues tried yoga for the first time and now swears by daily practice.

“If I have a day where I don’t do yoga, that’s a day out of my life. That’s how I feel,” she said.

At 90, she went skydiving for her birthday and loved it so much she went back a second time.

Here she shares some of her secrets.

Advice from Sues

Phyllis Sues and Simeon Lott at Skydive Perris in Perris, California. (Kris Peterson)
Phyllis Sues and Simeon Lott at Skydive Perris in Perris, California. Kris Peterson
Conan Milner
Conan Milner
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Conan Milner is a health reporter for the Epoch Times. He graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is a member of the American Herbalist Guild.
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