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INTRODUCTORY Class, Yoga for Seniors
10:00am, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015.
Why not start the New Year with a simple, relaxing approach to improving your health? No experience needed, and beginners are encouraged.
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Join our Yoga for Seniors Classes on Thursday mornings.
10:00 am - 10:40 am: Chair Yoga
10:45 am - 11:30 am: Mat Yoga
Come for either one or both, as Chair Yoga is a great warm-up for Mat Yoga.
Benefits of yoga:
* stress reduction
* improved breathing and circulation
* relaxation
* flexibility
* building muscle tone and strength
* increased concentration and focus
* improved balance
Chair Yoga Classes are designed to accommodate those who do not wish to get up and down from the floor. Mat Classes are for those who are comfortable practicing laying down, in a seated position and with some standing poses. These classes incorporate gentle stretching, breath work, modified yoga poses (asanas), and relaxation. No prior experience is necessary. Come breathe, relax, move, and have fun with your friends and neighbors at Ashby Village!
Please bring:
Chair Yoga: one large towel or blanket
Mat Yoga: a yoga mat & one large towel or blanket
Come meet Lisa Brooks, Our own Ashby Village Yoga Teacher
Lisa Brooks is a Yoga Alliance and Forrest Yoga Certified Yoga Teacher who has been teaching yoga since 2006 and practicing for over 20 years. She specializes in helping people learn to practice yoga in a gentle, healing and compassionate way and to work skillfully with physical limitations. Lisa has taught at yoga studios in California, Connecticut and Oregon, including Inner Stellar Pilates and Yoga in Berkeley, Wild Mountain Yoga in Nevada City, and Fresh Yoga in New Haven, Connecticut. Lisa has studied extensively with Ana Forrest, a modern pioneer in yoga as a healing practice. Lisa has a degree in Human Biology, has studied anatomy and physiology and is attuned to the special physical and health needs of seniors. As an undergraduate at Stanford she co-founded Side By Side, a community service performance group that has now been serving seniors on the Peninsula for over two decades.