Halfway through an eight-day teacher training, I began to feel it: a dull throbbing in my right hip. Yet I stubbornly continued to return to Easy Pose , which I began to think of as Painful Pose, until getting up became so agonizing that I had to walk in circles to straighten out my hip. Welcome to my late 50s. Aging comes subtly. Signs such as graying hair, the softening underbelly of a chin, and joint stiffness are easy to see and feel.