Covid-19 pandemic forced everyone to stay indoors and it restricted everyone’s moment but mostly it affected the senior citizens, know who is Ratnaprabha Joshi, her age and biography
However, a 79-year-old senior citizen named Ratnaprabha Joshi used this time as an opportunity to acquire social media skills and to become a YouTuber.
Know Who Is Ratnaprabha Joshi 79 Year Old Who Became YouTuber, Age, Biography, Family, State, YouTube Channel
A retired junior college lecturer, Joshi had an active social media life before the pandemic struck in 2020. Previously, she used to conduct Yoga classes for the elderly at her home in suburban Santacruz in Mumbai.
In a recent interview, the former lecturer opened up about her life after retirement. She said, “Post retirement, I was involved in several activities. I love teaching, giving lectures and writing.
At 54, I was introduced to yoga, and there was no turning back. From a lecturer of Commerce, I became a yoga teacher”.
Though, Covid-19 pandemic was a bit of a difficult time. But it opened up a range of possibilities for Joshi, who believe that there is no age limit to learning.
In her statement she said, she vividly remembers the day when her family doctor advised her to discontinue conducting Yoga classes as the pandemic was getting more serious.
She said, “I had so many activities lined up on March 30, 2020, for my women’s group, spiritual classes and yoga classes. But all the participants were women above 65 and were forced to stay indoors”.
However, with her stubborn personality, she refused to give up and decided to get lessons in social media from the younger generation in her family and through his friends.
Soon enough, she began conducting Yoga classes and sessions on spiritual discourses online through WhatsApp and Google Duo.
Though Joshi started all this with a small group of participants, gradually the number started growing and soon enough she started to upload videos on YouTube.
Joshi meanwhile talking about her experience as a social media user says, “I was asked to post spiritual thoughts to a cancer support group of Thane-based Shri Ambika Yoga Institute.”
She offered her gratitude towards the availability of the internet as she talked about how virtual classes helped senior citizens to cope with the pandemic and the lockdown.
She also revealed that the participants in her classes are from everywhere around the world. A few of his participants are from the UK, US, Singapore despite the difference in time zones.
According to the 79-year-old YouTuber online teaching and learning is the need of the hour as she said, “While there are limitations to virtual interactions, I consider online learning and teaching a need of the hour.”
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