Yoga and t'ai chi classes are ending for the summer
We have been pleased to sponsor Yoga this summer through the efforts of Kate Springer and Betsy Scott. It was a great addition to our community and we would love to continue the practice through the winter months.
I received the following update on the yoga and t'ai chi classes that have gone on all summer under Arts Council sponsorship:
With the summer's Seldovia Arts Council yoga and t'ai chi classes winding down, instructors Kate Springer and Betsy Scott have been preparing materials to help us through the winter with our practice.
Kate has provided written workout notes for her yoga students on poses they've worked on during the summer and made up a list of suggested references. Betsy has chosen a book and video that the t'ai chi group will be working from next summer as well as recommending a DVD on Qigong. I have indicated with an asterisk several items the classes have donated to the Seldovia Public Library. Copies of Kate's workout notes and reference list will also be available for printout at the library or from seldovia.library@gmail.com.
Betsy's classes will end this week; Kate's will go on for a few weeks longer. The t'ai chi group has made plans to meet together to practice their forms on Monday mornings at 10 am; contact me or Sachiko Scott for location details. A yoga practice group may continue to meet during the winter as well; contact Ila Dillon or Amy Gilson for details on that.
All of the class members have already sent a card of thanks to you as program director of the Arts Council, expressing our gratitude for the Arts Council's sponsorship of these classes. We'd also like to thank our instructors, Betsy Scott and Kate Springer, for their time, energy, enthusiasm, and expertise, and to express our hopes that they'll be back next year to teach us again.
Savannah Lewis
Yoga class references – Kate Springer
*Om Yoga : A guide to Daily Practice
by Cyndi Lee
Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, ©2002
ISBN: 0811835138 9780811835138
Yoga the Iyengar Way
by Silva, Mira & Shyam Mehta, forward by BKS Iyengar
Publisher: Brookvale, N.S.W. : Simon & Schuster, 1990.
ISBN: 0731800737 : 9780731800735
The Sivananda companion to yoga : a complete guide to the physical postures, breathing exercises, diet, relaxation, and meditation techniques of yoga
by Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2000.
ISBN: 0684870002 9780684870007
The complete yoga book : yoga of breathing, yoga of posture, and yoga of meditation
by James Hewitt
Publisher: New York : Schocken Books, 1978, ©1977.
ISBN: 0805236872 : 9780805236873 0805205926 : 9780805205923
DVD/Videos:
Elise Miller: Intermediate Yoga in Fiji (netflix)
Shiva Rea: Creative Core Abs (netflix)
(Anything Shiva Rea will be great!)
Power Yoga Total Body with Rodney Yee (advanced) (netflix)
Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss (netflix)
T'ai chi and Qigong references - Betsy Scott
*Qigong beginning practice with Francesco & Daisy Lee-Garripoli (dvd)
*The complete idiot's guide to t'ai chi and qigong
by Bill Douglas
Publisher: Indianapolis : Alpha Books, ©2002
ISBN: 0028642643 9780028642642
