Start Fresh With Spring Yoga And Meditation Classes

By MELISSA MASON

Published: Feb 26, 2001 12:00 am

New Classes begin the week of March 12 in Shelton and Seymour. Students will learn how to reduce stress and increase relaxation by consciously letting go of deeply held tensions in the body and mind.

Yoga can help quiet and focus oneâs mind, replacing mental agitation with calmness and clarity. The practice can also promote healing and resistance to illness and disease by balancing all your bodyâs systems.

A new eight-week yoga session begins Tuesday, March 13, at 6 pm, in Shelton at Trinity Lutheran Church, 183 Howe Avenue (Route 110) and on Thursday, March 15, at 9:30 am, or 6 pm, in Seymour at Great Hill United Methodist Church, 225 Great Hill Road (Routes 334 and 188). Students will be guided in yoga postures, breathing exercises, relaxation, and meditation techniques.

Classes are 90 minutes each week and are for all levels of students. The fee is $85 for eight weeks or $13 per class.

A six-week meditation course, âFoundations of Mindfulness Meditation,â will also meet on Thursday evenings, starting March 15. These classes will meet from 7:30 to 9 pm only, at the Seymour location.

The meditation course is for anyone interested in developing a regular sitting meditation practice. Students will learn an in-depth mind-body approach to meditation and how to apply the principles of mindfulness to activities of everyday living for stress reduction and health promotion. The course fee is $95.

Students must pre-register for any of these courses. For information call the instructor, Sue Wall, MPH, at 203/888-7012. Ms Wall is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher and Phoenix Rising Yoga therapist with a masterâs in public health from Yale School of Medicine.

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