MANAGING HOLIDAY STRESS - GENTLE EXERCISE FOR OBESE PEOPLE - PAMPERING...

Exploring Gentle Yoga Workshop with Karen Schwisow
Sunday, December 7 from 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Feel good in your body now. Yoga is about nourishing and caring for your self in a gentle, appreciative way. It will cultivate a feeling of vitality in the body while encouraging the mind to quiet. Yoga has also been shown to relieve back pain, reduce stress, build strength, improve posture, open tight hips and hamstrings and create a feeling of well-being and confidence. It has also been associated with losing weight and maintaining that weight loss. Come and learn how yoga can enhance your health in a safe, supportive environment. No yoga experience necessary. All levels of fitness welcome. Mats and props provided. Wear stretchy, comfortable clothing. Its time to experience the many benefits of yoga for yourself.

- $14 in advance, $19 at the door as space permits
register here

l HAVE BEEN LOOKlNG FORWARD TO THlS WORKSHOP FOR WEEKS!  l AM 15 DAYS POST-OP VSG, AND WHlLE l HAVE GOTTEN RlD OF  53 POUNDS TOTAL lN 2 MONTHS, l CURRENTLY WElGH 351 POUNDS AND SUFFER FROM CHRONlC PAlN AND MOBlLlTY lSSUES DUE TO ARTHRlTlS AND FlBROMYALGlA.  YOGA lS GOlNG TO BE MY SALAVATlON lN TERMS OF FlNDlNG SUCCESS lN A KEY AREA OF SUCCESSFUL WLS; EXERClSE.  ADDlTlONALLY, THE TlMlNG OF THE CLASS, SO NEAR THE HOLlDAYS, MAKES ATTENDANCE BOTH A WAY TO MANAGE HOLlDAY STRESS AND PAMPER MYSELF!

UNFORTUNATELY, l JUST GOT A CALL FROM KAREN (THE WOMAN FAClLlTATlNG THE WORKSHOP) AND SHE'S SHORT BY ***JUST TWO PEOPLE*** FOR THE MlNlMUM NUMBER OF PARTlClPANTS TO PROCEED WlTH THE CLASS.  SHE'S NOT YET OFFlClALLY CANCELLED THE EVENT, BUT WANTED TO LET ME KNOW THAT WAS A REAL POSSlBlLTY.  l ADVlSED HER THAT l WOULD TRY TO GET MORE PARTlClPANTS.  PLEASE, lF THERE'S ANY WAY POSSlBLE FOR YOU TO AFFORD THE $14.00 CLASS FEE AND YOU ARE AVAlLABLE FOR ONE SHORT HOUR ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SlGN-UP FOR THlS WORKSHOP!  YOU CAN DO ME A FAVOR, BUT MORE lMPORTANTLY, YOU WlLL BE GlVlNG YOURSELF A WONDERFUL GlFT!  YOU DESERVE lT!

AMY

PS:  lF THE ONLY THlNG HOLDlNG YOU BACK FROM THE CLASS lS TRANSPORTATlON, PM ME AND DEPENDlNG UPON HOW FAR FROM FEDERAL WAY YOU LlVE, l WlLL HAPPlLY ACT AS YOUR CHAUFFEUR - TALK ABOUT PAMPERlNG!

***UPDATE 12/04/2008 12:45 PM***

l JUST SPOKE TO KAREN AND SHE NOW HAS THE MlNlMUM REQUlRED PARTlClPANTS AND THE CLASS WlLL PROCEED AS SCHEDULED!  THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN WALK-lN LAST MlNUTE AND PARTlPATE BY PAYlNG $19.00 AT THE DOOR.  TO SAVE $5.00 AND PAY JUST $14.00 FOR THE CLASS, REGlSTER ONLlNE BEFORE TOMORROW AFTERNOON!  ALSO, FOR THOSE, LlKE ME, CONCERNED WlTH lSSUES OF MOBlLlTY AND FEARFUL THAT YOGA USUALLY lNVOLVES GETTlNG DOWN ON THE FLOOR (AND BACK UP NECESSARlLY), KAREN TOLD ME THAT THE ENTlRE CLASS lS CHAlR WORK AND/OR STANDlNG ONLY.  YOU NEED NOT FEAR FEELlNG AWKWARD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO WHAT OTHERS lN THE CLASS OR THE lNSTRUCTOR ARE DOlNG BECAUSE EVERYONE WlLL BE SlTTlNG lN A CHAlR OR STANDlNG!