Asoka Jinadasa
Intrinsic Leadership Academy, Sri Lanka
Keynote: Clin Exp Psychol
Statement of the Problem:
Scientists have published
numerous theories on the
physical, mental and emotional
processes of aging. But no one
seems to have integrated all
that complex information into
a holistic foundation that older
people can easily understand and
use to nurture happiness and
wellbeing. What is needed is a
simple set of daily practices based
on modern science and ancient
wisdom that enhance the mental,
emotional, physical, and health
aspects underlying happiness and
wellbeing.
Methodology & Theoretical
Orientation: Based on a literature
review and grounded theory, an
attempt was made to identify the
diverse factors that influence the
happiness and wellbeing of older
people. These were correlated
to the empirical 6-dimensional
foundation symbolized by heart,
mind, body, passion, focus and
health, and techniques for
developing each dimension drawn
from modern science and ancient
wisdom. The objective was to
identify simple daily practices
that nurture the happiness and
wellbeing of older people. From
all the practices presented in
the book Flying Penguin, 30
were selected and correlated
with factors that were found
to influence ageing such as:
neurogenesis, killing senescent
cells, mitochondria resuscitation,
calorie restriction, epigenetic
reprogramming, whole-food plantbased
diet, exercise, sex, chi kung
(qigong), de-stressing, positive
mindset, and nutrients such as
omega-3 fatty acids, medium
chain triglycerides, coq10, pqq,
vitamins, minerals, nitric oxide,
choline and theanine.
Findings: Using 35 references
it was established that the 30
selected daily practices integrated
all the fragmented anti-aging
factors identified in the literature
review into an actionable
framework that older people can
use to nurture happiness and
wellbeing.
Conclusion & Significance: A set
of simple daily practices, founded
on modern neuroscience and
nutrition combined with ancient
energy techniques, appear to
hold the key to empowering
older people to self-improve
their happiness and wellbeingespecially
those without relatives
who look after them.
Asoka Jinadasa is a UK Chartered Engineer with a US Ph.D. in Business Strategy. He is a Corporate Trainer specializing in human potential development and Founder of the Intrinsic Leadership Academy. He formulated a 6-dimensional foundation and developed practices based on modern science and ancient wisdom to stay healthy, young and happy. He became physically fit and sharpened his mental abilities to win prestigious awards in areas that were new to him: Human resources, Corporate communication, Media advertising, Brand marketing, and Filmmaking. After his 70th birthday, he self-healed a heart condition (leaky mitral value), made keynote speeches and presentations at 14 international conferences in 6 countries, was featured on 10 US talk shows, and won 4 global awards for his techniques for unleashing human potential presented in his award-winning self-coaching book, Flying Penguin.
E-mail: asokajin@gmail.com
