Still Becoming: Turning 60 & the Life Cycles of the Soul

Is 60 really the new 40?

A question I’ve been sitting with since February 12th—when I “turned” 60.

I’ve put quotes around “turned” because the word implies a shift, a corner rounded, something behind and something ahead. But truthfully, I don’t feel I’ve turned so much as I’ve continued unfolding—more inwardly than ever before.

It’s been two months, and this birthday still lingers. Not in a celebratory sense, but as an inquiry. A living one.

People tell me, “You don’t look 60—you look like you’re in your 40s.” And I smile, I thank them.

But then the mind spins—what does 60 even look like? And what should it look like? Have we confused age with image, or forgotten the soul’s curriculum altogether?

When I reflect back through the lens of Kundalini Yoga and Humanology, I don’t see life as a straight line marked by milestones, but a spiral of cycles—each one refining our consciousness, revealing more of who we truly are.

In this moment, I see not a number but a frequency.

The frequency of heart-centered living. Where age is less a measure and more a rhythm.

Where each decision is asked: does this feel expansive or contracted?Is it in alignment with my inner compass—my intuition, my calm, my flow?

When I look at 60 through the map we’re given in Kundalini Yoga—through the Three Rings of Success—I see something far more sacred than a birthday party. I see completion and new beginnings braided together.

• At 42, I was midstream in the 6th 7-year cycle: consciousness & identity.

• At 44, I crossed into the 4th 11-year cycle: intelligence & means.

• By 54, I reached the 3rd ring in the 18-year vitality cycle—a full circle.

• And 56 closed an 8-year stretch of inner identity transformation.

This is not just aging—it is alchemy.

To live consciously through these transitions is to step out of survival and into soulful living.

We are not just surviving time; we are sculpting our spirit. The true question is not “how old are you?” but “what cycle are you in, and what is asking to be lived fully now?”

So no, 60 is not the new 40.

60 is 60—and it’s a portal. To something deeper, more subtle, and much more beautiful.