Get Fit Where You Sit ™ Chair Yoga



2012 Schedule

 SOUTHWICK SENIOR CENTER
Southwick Senior Center
454 College Highway, Southwick, MA
Call SSC @ 413-569-5498 or email: councilonaging@southwickma.net
to register and reserve your seat.
Fridays 11:00-12 p.m.
NEW! 5-week series starts Jan. 6th
$3 per class

This class is open to seniors in or around the Southwick area!
This specialty class is for those new to yoga, people seeking stress reduction, elderly, disabled, pregnancy and those in recovery from illness, injury or surgery, overweight or workers who sit at a desk all day! People of all ages and walks of life with arthritis, fibromyalgia, MS, chronic pain are able to participate.
Benefits include; relaxation, stress reduction, flexibility,
mental clarity, strengthening and toning of muscles,
improved breathing and more!
~No Previous Yoga or Exercise Experience Is Necessary~

YOGA STUDENT TESTIMONIAL
"I was curious about Yoga, but knew I was not able to lie down on the floor and learn it. When I saw an ad for chair yoga I said that is for me to try. I signed up for a month's classes and loved it from the start. It is not strenuous activity, yet at the end of the class you know you have had a workout and you feel refreshed and happy. that you have done something good for your body. I am going to my 3rd year of classes."
ER-90 yrs.old! Westfield, MA

 Click HERE for a chair yoga demo
formely aired on Channel 22 Mass Appeal

Janice Pagano, Certified Yoga Instructor, will guide you through a series of traditional yoga poses and deep breathing techniques that will leave you feeling relaxed, refreshed and rejuvenated. Janice has been a yoga practitioner for over 15 years and was certified in October 2007 at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, MA in Lakshmi Voleker's Get Fit Where You Sit Chair Yoga training. These classes are specifically designed for bringing yoga to all people, even if they are unable to get on the floor to a yoga mat. Her passion for teaching yoga comes from her own personal challenges of living with chronic pain and limitations. Once an advanced yoga student, to being unable to get up and down off a mat, Janice was motivated to bring yoga to anyone who is seeking to improve their health and well being no matter what kind of condition their body is presently in.

Class Preparation: Do not eat a heavy meal before class. Wear loose comfortable clothing. You may bring a pad/pillow for the chair if you need extra support, a water bottle, and anything else that will make you comforable. Please notify the instructor of any new limitations/illness/medications you are working with prior to the start of a class.

***Due to chemical sensitivities and allergies, please refrain from wearing perfumes or heavily scented detergents or body products***