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Thursday, July 19, 2012
All About Yoga
With the addition of our new instructor, Virginia McGrath, Music & More is offering new programs for Circle Dancing and Yoga for Seniors. What is yoga for seniors? Read on to learn the answer!
Hatha Yoga (which means sun and moon) is an ancient practice of flexion and extension of the body as a flow of dancelike movements that are connected together to stimulate the flow of energy within the spine. These exercises assist in bringing balance to the body of the person and returning to a place of peace and presence to the mind and spirit. Chigong, meditation, breathwork, mindfulness walking and meridian stretches are also combined to introduce a variety of methods that increase flexibility, decrease stress and anxiety and reduce chronic aches and pains. Yoga for seniors is designed to be low impact, yet enough of a challenge to encourage an awakened shift of awareness. Yoga for seniors can be done seated in a chair and can be modified to personal comfort and ability.
Hatha Yoga (which means sun and moon) is an ancient practice of flexion and extension of the body as a flow of dancelike movements that are connected together to stimulate the flow of energy within the spine. These exercises assist in bringing balance to the body of the person and returning to a place of peace and presence to the mind and spirit. Chigong, meditation, breathwork, mindfulness walking and meridian stretches are also combined to introduce a variety of methods that increase flexibility, decrease stress and anxiety and reduce chronic aches and pains. Yoga for seniors is designed to be low impact, yet enough of a challenge to encourage an awakened shift of awareness. Yoga for seniors can be done seated in a chair and can be modified to personal comfort and ability.
Virginia McGrath - Circle Dancing & Yoga
Virginia is a Certified Yoga Instructor for Hatha Yoga (Sun and Moon or flexion and extension of the spine) integrating Chi gong (energy work to encourage awareness of the flow of energy within and around you), Breath work (to consciously watch the breath to bring us present and to surrender the pose to the movement of breath), Meridian stretches to activate the electromagnetic pathways to create balance and energy flow to utilize and connect to our unlimited potential of the body, mind and spirit. Virginia also offers private sessions for Zen Shiatsu ShinTai energy bodywork and is a Reiki Master Practitioner for Chakra balancing.
Virginia is a facilitator for workshops on Metaphysical and Universal principals like Vision Boarding, (visualizing what you wish to create), energetic DNA, energy flows within the body and around the body and essential oils as vibrational frequency healing potential. She is a lover of international music and traditional indigenous spiritual practice and ceremonies, finding the bridge that connects all peoples of the world cross culturally. A lover of repetitive meditative movement, singing and chanting, Virginia has facilitated drum circles and circle dancing. She participates in ceremonial blessings for community projects and is a conch shell horn blower for events pertaining to bringing awareness and respect for the Earth and all that live upon it for peace and unity.
Virginia currently resides in Allentown, PA and teaches beginners Hatha yoga with a large following of senior citizens who find that they feel more strength, flexibility and balance and the melting away of their chronic aches and pains by changing old patterns and belief systems.
Virginia is a facilitator for workshops on Metaphysical and Universal principals like Vision Boarding, (visualizing what you wish to create), energetic DNA, energy flows within the body and around the body and essential oils as vibrational frequency healing potential. She is a lover of international music and traditional indigenous spiritual practice and ceremonies, finding the bridge that connects all peoples of the world cross culturally. A lover of repetitive meditative movement, singing and chanting, Virginia has facilitated drum circles and circle dancing. She participates in ceremonial blessings for community projects and is a conch shell horn blower for events pertaining to bringing awareness and respect for the Earth and all that live upon it for peace and unity.
Virginia currently resides in Allentown, PA and teaches beginners Hatha yoga with a large following of senior citizens who find that they feel more strength, flexibility and balance and the melting away of their chronic aches and pains by changing old patterns and belief systems.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Benefits of Circle Dancing
What is circle dancing? Circle Dancing developed during the 1970s from traditional folk dance from around the world. There is a network of groups in the UK, where participants enjoy dancing together and can celebrate feelings of community and life events. The wide range of music allows the exploration of the social and cultural aspects of connecting lives. Making use of rhythm, music, touch and movement, allows the individual the opportunity to connect with, and relate to others. Research indicates that it contributes positively to the inner well-being of each person who takes part.
Benefits include:
Enjoyment in participation
Movement and mobility; essential and required exercise
Emotional and inner well-being, the circle and the type of music
Reminiscence, Life History, and a tool to link to develop and refresh other activities especially reminiscence
Relationships; contact/friendship encouraged/stimulated between users. Can provide a shared activity in a diverse group of individuals
An activity that does not depend on conversation - for users less able to participate in discussion
An activity which can be offered to people of all ages
Couples work and promotes their relationship sustaining
Can be used for engaging relatives/families in activities
Culture; the music is multi-cultural
Inclusive; both seated and standing dances in a session can involve mixed physical ability users to share an activity
Source: http://www.circledanceindementia.com/
Benefits include:
Enjoyment in participation
Movement and mobility; essential and required exercise
Emotional and inner well-being, the circle and the type of music
Reminiscence, Life History, and a tool to link to develop and refresh other activities especially reminiscence
Relationships; contact/friendship encouraged/stimulated between users. Can provide a shared activity in a diverse group of individuals
An activity that does not depend on conversation - for users less able to participate in discussion
An activity which can be offered to people of all ages
Couples work and promotes their relationship sustaining
Can be used for engaging relatives/families in activities
Culture; the music is multi-cultural
Inclusive; both seated and standing dances in a session can involve mixed physical ability users to share an activity
Source: http://www.circledanceindementia.com/
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