Andrea Gilats
Andrea (Andy) Gilats, Ph.D., is a writer, educator, artist, and former yoga teacher whose books include Radical Endurance: Growing Old in an Age of Longevity (University of Minnesota Press, Fall 2024), After Effects: A Memoir of Complicated Grief (University of Minnesota Press, 2022), winner of an Honorable Mention in the Foreword Reviews Indie 2023 Book Awards, and Restoring Flexibility: A Gentle Yoga-Based Practice to Increase Mobility at Any Age (Ulysses Press, 2015).
Andy spent three decades creating and leading lifelong learning programs at the University of Minnesota, serving for twenty years as the founding director of the legendary Split Rock Arts Program, and later, creating and directing two pioneering programs for older adults, LearningLife and Encore Transitions. After retirement, she taught yoga to older adults for eight years, but now focuses solely on her writing.
After Effects
A Memoir of Complicated Grief
University of Minnesota Press, 2022
Radical Endurance
Growing Old in an Age of Longevity
University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming in 2024
Restoring Flexibility
A Gentle Yoga-Based Practice to Increase Mobility at Any Age
Ulysses Press, 2015
After Effects
A Memoir of Complicated Grief
University of Minnesota Press, 2022
Radical Endurance
Growing Old in an Age of Longevity
University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming in 2024
Restoring Flexibility
A Gentle Yoga-Based Practice to Increase Mobility at Any Age
Ulysses Press, 2015
Photos of Andy by Sara Tucker
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Books bring meaning to our lives at times when we most need to feel that we are not alone.
Books bring meaning to our lives at times when we most need to feel that we are not alone.
Photos of Andy by Sara Tucker