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Yoga for Seniors

October 22, 2010
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Yoga Matrika will be offering a new 6-week series of yoga classes for seniors in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh.  The series will cost $45 for credit card payments and $40 for payments by check.  The classes are on Monday afternoons from 1:30 to 2:30pm.  The next series starts on Monday, November 8 and will run through Monday, December 13th.  There are many benefits for starting a yoga practice and we will:

  • Decrease back, neck and shoulder pain
  • Relieve stress
  • Learn balance skills to prevent falls
  • Ease joint discomfort from arthritis
  • Improve quality of sleep
  • Increase strength and flexibility in the body
  • Improve heart health

No experience is required and everyone is welcome.

To pre-register by mail, please mail (or hand deliver if you are in the neighborhood!) a check for $40 made out to YOGA MATRIKA to: 6520 Wilkins Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217.  Registration is also available online through the  Yoga Matrika website.  You can call Sharon with questions (412) 855-5692.

Snow Daze Yoga

February 18, 2010
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SNOW DAZE YOGA

This storm has brought tremendous strain, including financial strain, emotional strain and physical injuries to many adults, children, families and animals in our area.  There has been loss of life.

Please remain mindful when driving, be generous with one another and support your local small businesses as much as possible.  Be especially kind to the elderly and to young families who have been forced to find alternative childcare arrangements, lose work hours and spend way too much time with young children in confined spaces.

Stay safe and use any frustration or fears that you have as a direct connection to all living things that might be having these challenges.  We are all connected and these challenges are neither unique or permanent.

Yoga isn’t just what you do on your mat, it is also a way of living that calls on us to  honor our deep connection to all living things.   This snow will melt, but if we can use this opportunity to connect with humanity and offer generosity and care whenever possible, then the positive impact of this storm will last infinitely.

Posted by Sharon Fennimore Rudyk
Owner and Director of Yoga Matrika, an intimate, community-based yoga studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylania.

http://www.matrikawellnesscenter.com