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Yoga/Exercise Classes

YOGA Classes are held in the yoga studio at Listening at 35 South Street, Barre MA. Most are $10/class with drop- ins welcomed at $12.00. Please call 1-978-355-3501 for additional information or to register. Not all classes are ongoing and are subject to change. Please contact the instructor for more details.

YOGA CLASSES FOR SENIORS:  Senior citizens, come join us and explore how yoga can improve your feeling of well-being and increase your vitality. Yoga helps to improve circulation and posture, and helps to calm nerves.  For more information call Listening at 978-355-3501.  Classes are supported by a grant from the Fallon/OrNda Community Health Fund of Greater Worcester Community Foundation and other private donors, cost to Seniors: $2.00 per class. 

• Mondays 9:30-10:30 at the Yoga Studio at Listening, 35 South Street.  Class instructor: Beverly Duda, R.Y.T.

• Tuesdays 9-10 am at the Barre Senior Center, 557 South Barre Road in Barre.   Class instructor: Megan McDonough

• Wednesdays 9:30-10:30 at the Yoga Studio at Listening, 35 South Street.  Class instructor: Beverly Duda, R.Y.T.

• Thursdays 9-10 am at the Barre Senior Center, 557 South Barre Road in Barre.  Class instructor: Megan McDonough

More About the Movement Modalities

Pilates
Pilates (pronounced puh-LAH-teez) was developed in the 1920's by the legendary physical trainer Joseph H. Pilates.  Pilates is an exercise system focused on improving flexibility and strength for the total body without building bulk.  Pilates is not just exercise, it is a series of controlled movements engaging your body and mind. Imagine an exercise program you look forward to, that engages you, and that leaves you refreshed and alert with a feeling of physical and mental well-being.  Pilates will do all this... and more.  Pilates mat instruction is offered at the Yoga Studio.

Practitioners: Linda Maznick

Traditional Goju-Ryu Karate

Goju-Ryu is one of the major styles of Japanese Karate and is widely practiced all over the world. It is well known for its strong self-defense (Goju’s combination of “hard” and “soft” techniques allow a weaker person to defeat a stronger one.), as well as its character building qualities. The training features two types of meditation, one is practiced while sitting (zazen), and the other while moving (taizen). Specialized breathing methods are also taught. Emphasis is on uniting body, breath, and mind into a single cohesive unit. Traditional Goju-Ryu Karate is practiced as a way of life, with physical and mental benefits that continue well into old age. The training is flexible in nature and allows you to learn at your own pace. (It's also lots of fun!)
Instructor: Brad Warren
 

Yoga
The ancient art, science, and philosophy of Yoga is several thousand years old. It has stood the test of time. It is also a therapy. The poses of yoga offer a training capable of creating a vigorous body, well-functioning internal organs, and an alert mind. The poses can give a variety of effects: stimulating, calming, energizing, building stamina and concentration, internally soothing, etc. The standing poses give vitality, the sitting poses are calming, twists are cleansing, supine poses are restful, balancing poses give a sense of lightness, and backbends are exhilarating. Many chronic physical ailments can be improved, as in areas such as the joints, the liver, kidneys, and heart. In addition to the physical benefits of yoga, practice of the postures invites us to focus and quiet the mind as we move seamlessly from one pose to another, encouraging the experience of moment-to-moment awareness that brings balance, flexibility, and strength to the mind, as well as to the body.
Yoga classes are 1 1/4 hours long, and usually come in 8-week courses. Please wear loose comfortable clothing and allow 2-3 hours after a heavy meal before doing yoga.
Practitioners: Beverly Duda, Roberta Lewis, Megan McDonough & Eowyn Ahlstrom

Yoga Coaching
Coaching is unique and effective way to approach your work/life balance. Using two primary methods, conscious dialog and yoga, you become more attuned to inner strength and body feedback, cultivating your ability to hear the wisdom within. Conscious dialog involves nonjudgmental listening combined with an exploration of hidden assumptions. Movement and breathing exercises in the yogic tradition take the process from the intellectual realm into physical integration.
Practitioner: Megan McDonough
 

Practitioners

		Éowyn Ahlstrom, RYT, LMT, BA brings significant experience and knowledge of the art of healing to her work. As a yoga teacher and massage therapist, her main goals are to facilitate your development of body awareness and help you create greater wellbeing. Over the past decade, Éowyn has trained extensively in yoga, bodywork, and meditation, and will continue to study and practice indefinitely. Éowyn learned therapeutic massage at the Stillpoint Program with Patricia Wachter, and received her certification in 2002. Her yoga training comes from many sources, including regular practice and teacher training (RYT200 certification, 2006) with Eileen Muir (Karuna Center for Yoga and Healing Arts), workshops Rodney Yee, John Friend, and other nationally recognized teachers, and dedication to home practice. Eowyn is currently enrolled in an advanced yoga teacher training that will conclude with Yoga Alliance RYT500 certification in May, 2008. Regular meditation retreats at the Insight Meditation Society also play an important role in Éowyn’s study of the human condition and methods for cultivating wellness.
		Beverly Duda R.Y.T., Studied and trained with Patty Townsend at Yoga Center Amherst in her Teacher Training and In-Depth Yoga Study Program 2001 and again in her 500hr "EMBODYOGA" teacher training program in 2004. Beverly continues to train with Patty and her guest teachers as time allows. Beverly likes to keep it real in class and teach to the level of the students who come. There is emphasis on alignment, organ support, breath and movement, pranayama, and guided mediation. You will be challenged in her classes. Requests are always considered and often met. Beverly teaches from the heart and can only hope to inspire others in their bodies and well being.
		Roberta Lewis, M.S.W., is trained in the Integral Yoga tradition of Swami Satchidananda since 1978, with several years of study in Iyengar Yoga. She is trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, a program of the UMass-Memorial Medical Center's Stress Reduction Clinic founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Roberta worked at the Stress Reduction Clinic as clinical staff for four years, where primary focus was on the use of meditation and yoga practices for greater self-understanding. Her background includes living and studying in a contemplative community (yoga ashram) for seven years, and having a meditation practice since 1976, with frequent participation at meditation retreats in both the Yoga and Buddhist traditions. Roberta has the intention of teaching skills that remind us of our inherent well-being, encourage greater awareness, greater confidence in negotiating change, and greater loving kindness towards ourselves and towards all beings.
		Loren Magruder teaches a combination of Iyengar and Ananda yoga.  Call Loren for more information: (978)724-3337.
		Megan McDonough  - Yoga with Megan is a relaxed, open, and welcoming class for students of all abilities. Class starts with Megan asking about any particular needs (sore shoulders, stress relief, back pain, etc). Postures are chosen based on these needs, so each class is different. Instructions are given for gentle, moderate, or vigorous options-you choose what your body needs. The focus is on listening to your own body/mind, rather than getting a pose "right". Your first class is free so you can evaluate the style and see if it's a match.  Along with teaching yoga, Megan is the award-winning author of Infinity in a Box, Using Yoga to Live With Ease. She is a consultant to wellness organizations and a corporate trainer specializing in work/life balance. Her clients include the Kripalu Center-the largest site for yoga and holistic health in the United States-and the American Cancer Society. Megan is on the teaching faculty of the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Advanced Training. For additional information on Megan's work, visit www.ugetclear.com.
		Brad Warren has owned and operated his own Karate Studio, Brad Warren’s Karate, for over 30 years. In addition, he taught self-defense for women as part of Worcester’s adult education program for more than ten years, and a children’s program for the Shrewsbury Parks and Recreation Department also for more than ten years. He taught Goju-Ryu Karate at Worcester State College as part of their regular physical education program for three years, and has also taught at numerous other schools and facilities including, Quinnebaug Valley Community College.  He formed Karate Clubs at Clark University, Blackstone Valley Regional High School, and State Mutual Insurance Company. In 1981, Mr. Warren was asked by the American Institute of Buddhist Studies to act as a bodyguard for the Dalai Lama of Tibet during his ten-day stay at Harvard University.
		Bonnie Waterhouse MSPT RYT, Bonnie began studying yoga in 1970, she completed her first teacher training program in 1972 with Ruth Bender in Fairfield Connecticut, and has since taught classes at Amethyst Point in Worcester, and in several programs in Holden, Boylston, Petersham, and Gardner. Bonnie received her Master of Science in Physical Therapy degree at Boston University and has been a practicing, licensed physical therapist ever since. With all of this training, Bonnie continues to believe that Yoga is on of the best ways to become, and remain, healthy, flexible and strong. In the past 7 years Bonnie has continued her yoga teacher training through the Kirpalu Center in Lenox, MA; the Satchidananda Ashram in Buckingham VA; The Yoga Journal Yoga Conference; and the Frog Pond Yoga Centre in Princeton MA. Bonnie loves living here in Barre, Massachusetts.

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