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How Yoga Helps your physical and emotional heart!
Did you know that chronic emotional stress makes plaque build up twice as fast in the coronary arteries that feed the heart? Stress also causes the coronary arteries to constrict, reducing the blood flow to the heart. It makes the platelets stickier and more likely to form blood clots that may precipitate a heart attack. Yoga is perhaps one of the most effective stress reduction methods ever invented. If you want to keep your heart healthy, incorporate these tips into your life:
Do Yogic relaxation for a least a few minutes every day. Research suggests it can increase your resiliency to stress, and, by extension, to heart disease.
Balance your emotions with a regular yoga practice. Studies suggest that yoga helps diffuse emotions such as anger, hostility, and impatience that are linked to heart attacks.
Combat loneliness another risk factor for heart disease, by becoming part of a community. A recent study suggests that people with spiritual practices who meet regularly in a group live longer and have fewer heart attacks.
Offer service (karma yoga) to those less fortunate than yourself, according to yoga philosophy, there is not better way to open your heart!
Excerpt from "Straight to the Heart"
from the Yoga Journal
Written by
Dr. Timothy McCall, author of "Yoga as Medicine"
Join us this February for some Heart Healthy Community Family Events, Email to pre-register or to request more information. You can mail a check to Heartsong Yoga, 264 North Main St. Suite 5, East Longmeadow, MA 01028.
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More Yoga for the KidsOver February School Vacation
(Hopefully you are having one!)
Join YogaEd educated Yoga Teacher Hilary Coughlin for these special classes for "kids" over school vacation.
Kicking off our new drop in rate of only $6.00 per class for kids in the high school and younger, we are excited to have an offering for our community for kids of all ages to enjoy the practice of yoga!
Monday, February 21 AND Tuesday, February 22:
11:00 to 11:45, ages 6 - 9.
12:00 to 1:00, ages 10 and up.
The younger kids will enjoy playful yoga, incorporating animals, nature, sounds, silliness as well as stillness.
The older kids will have the chance to have a "grown up" yoga class, and will include traditional yoga postures, some partner work for fun, lots of imagery for self confidence and self awareness, and deep relaxation for stress reduction and self care!
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And While the Kids do Yoga, You can too!Special Drop in Yoga Classes for Mom (Dad or caregiver) while the kids are in Vacation Yoga!
And for anyone who want to have a mid morning yoga class...
Gentle Chill Out Slow Flow Yoga
with Sheila, Monday AND Tuesday Feb. 21 and 22
11:00 and/or 12:00.
Only $10. drop in, all levels welcome!
(This is a Specialty class, so it has a separate fee, not on membership or class card)
Come out to play!
All are welcome! No experience needed!
Kids will be in the Great Room and we will practice in the Bamboo Room, at the same time. (You do not need to have a family member in Vacation Yoga, everyone welcome to these special classes)
All of our regular drop in classes will be held over school vacation, including Monday President's Day and Wednesday 3:30 Gentle Yoga.
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