For the most current schedule of classes, programs and special events, visit our NEW interactive Calendar page! The calendar also includes information on each session and the contact information for the teacher/practitioner along with registration details.
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Since 2002, the Listening Senior Yoga Program, in cooperation with the Barre Senior Center continues to improve the health of senior citizens in the Barre area. Senior yoga students find that they are not only healthier as a result of the program, but more able to perform essential daily tasks such as tying their shoes. The program brings health, practical skills, and joy to its participants throughout the year!
Chair Yoga decreases tension and stress and increases a persons flexibility, strength and balance. In class a chair is used as a prop to enhance our sense of safety and stability as we learn about supporting the wellness of our whole being. All are invited to try!
Senior Yoga classes are held several days a week. See the current schedule below:
All Yoga with Beverly classes are live on ZOOM
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: 9:30am to 10:45am on ZOOM
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 9:00am to 10:15 am on ZOOM
The cost for chair yoga classes is $5.00 per class. Senior Yoga Club is $60/month or $8.00 a drop in. For more information on Senior Yoga or the classes specifically, contact Beverly Duda at (774) 262-3662. Once you have signed up, you will be forwarded a zoom link.
Funding to support these Senior Yoga Programs in part by grants from Hardwick/New Braintree Cultural Council, Barre Recreation Committee and Oakham Cultural Council.
All Yoga Classes with Beverly are on zoom
Please pre-register or reach out in advance of classes to Beverly. Once we hear that you would like to attend the class, we will send you the zoom link via email. Please have zoom loaded on your device in advance, if you need help, please ask!!
In addition, should you have any needs/health related concerns, we ask that you contact Beverly in advance of class. Her email is yogabev@yahoo.com.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
8:00am-9:15am
Join Beverly as she guides you on your journey to wellness from the comfort of your home. Using pranayama, asana, meditation, self inquiry fun play and more we can get through the seasons ahead in a safe and comfortable environment.
The journey of an online class has proven to be fun, healthy and a great connection for all of us. Fees are 80.00 for the full unlimited month or Drop in classes are 14.00.
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
9:30am-10:45am
Join us for fun inquiry of our aging bodies through yoga asana, pranayama, meditation and more. Every class addresses the needs of the students as well as other interesting inquiries through anatomy and movement. Balance, and level changing from standing to floor work are offered in every class. Chairs, blocks and other supports are offered as needed or as a new way to relate to one’s surroundings and resources. Together slow and steady we can share the joy of aging.
Class fee: Yoga Club is $60.00/month or $8.00 per class. We love first time students! To register for class, or if you have any needs you wish to address privately you can contact Beverly at yogabev@yahoo.com or 774-262-3662.
No one will be turned away due to lack of financial means.
Students will start in the chair with a goal of getting to standing and using the chair as support. Learning how to use our bodies for getting up and down, balance, and standing with support. Starting where you are, this class will allow us to share the joy, connect with each other all while moving and breathing. Student participation is encouraged including a time of sharing.
Funding to support these Senior Yoga Programs in part by grants from Hardwick/New Braintree Cultural Council, Barre Recreation Committee and Oakham Cultural Council.
Loren Magruder, 500RYT will be teaching two sessions this Spring before a summer sabbatical and a return in the fall. Thursday evenings (beginning April 13th) from 7-8:30pm and Sunday mornings from 9:30-11am (beginning April 16th), both will be 10 week series and must be paid in full before the class – $160-$200 sliding scale. That said, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Thursdays are often more vigorous, Sundays more gentle…. ALL are welcome and beginners are encouraged.
Loren has been studying yoga for 22 years, teaching on and off for 17 and is a perennial student of the yogasana (postures) and the philosophy of the Yoga Sutras and the BhagavadGita. Her main influences and teachers include Eileen Muir, BKS Iyengar, Sri Aurobindo and the psychologists Carl Jung and Marion Woodman.
Contact Loren directly to sign-up (or for more information):lorenmagruder@yahoo.com (802)683-8383
Morning Yoga for Waking Up To Spring
In the spring, new life emerges. Trees and flowers blossom. Birds and animals rejoice and playfully embrace the longer days and warming temperatures. Align your human nature with mother nature in this series of vivacious, whimsical and gently energizing mindful yoga classes to help you:
-cleanse the body tissues of winter sluggishness through deep breathing and gentle twisting movements
-strengthen your muscles and bones with standing positions to feel grounded during change
-warm up your body to enhance flexibility with forward bends
-infuse your situation with joy through meditations on gratitude and appreciation
Dates/Times: Saturdays, April 22 – May 27, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Group Size: 8-12
Gentle Yoga for Relieving Stress and Burnout
In the depths of winter, nature rests and rejuvenates. Often, we forget that we humans need to rest and rejuvenate too! This series of mindful yoga classes will support you to do just that.
Here you will learn by practicing how to:
Dates/Times: Sundays, March 26, April 2 & 9, 3:30-5pm
Group Size: 8-12
To register for Eowyn’s classes, programs, or for more information on other programs happening online and elsewhere, please visit https://www.middlepath-healingarts.com
Yin yoga is a wonderful complement to any sport, physical exercise, or other type of yang yoga. It targets the deep connective tissues rather than muscles. It is a slower, more meditative practice that gets us out of the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) and into the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest). You will learn how to breathe through discomfort and sit with your thoughts. Adding a yin yoga practice just once or twice a week to your routine can give you more mobile joints and connective tissue, increased flexibility, better circulation, and decreased stress and anxiety.
Each class will begin with a grounding exercise. This will be followed by a practice of yin yoga postures that will be held for three to five minutes each.
The class will conclude in a restorative savasana (lying on your back) so your body and mind can integrate everything from the class and give you time and space to drop into a relaxing, sometimes blissful state, before you start your day.
Props will be used. A yoga mat, two yoga blocks, and two blankets will be used in each class. They are available at the yoga studio, or feel free to bring your own.
*If you will be away or are sick you can roll the classes you miss over to another 8 week session.
To register for classes, or to read more about Lisa and Yin Yoga, click here.
Yin Yoga- Every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00 am
Try a Yin Yoga Class for FREE
Special Yoga Class:
Join Lisa on Saturday morning, May 6th from 8:30am to 9:30 for a free slow moving yoga class on the floor. We will start with a grounding meditation and then move into some gentle movements to warm up the body. We will do some strengthening yoga poses at a slow pace before winding down and resting and restoring in savasana.
Yoga is beneficial for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. This is a great class for anyone, but particularly people who have not exercised for a long time and want to start again, someone recovering from illness or surgery (make sure you are cleared by your doctor), and people with chronic pain or autoimmune disease such as POTS, Ehlers-Danlos or Lupus, and people with hyperflexibility or hypermobility (again, make sure you are cleared by your doctor).
Contact Lisa directly at 978-257-8180 or lisa@
Relax and Rejuvenate!
Mondays March 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th at 6:30pm
Mondays are an intro to mindful meditation with some light stretching.
Are you interested in learning how to meditate? Then, join this 4-week meditation workshop and learn how to live a more peaceful and mindful life. This workshop is for anyone interested in learning how to meditate, regardless of experience. You will learn how to meditate using different techniques, and you will also learn how to apply meditation to your everyday life.
Meditation can give you a sense of calm, peace, and balance that can benefit both your emotional well-being and overall health. You can also use it to relax and cope with stress by refocusing your attention on something calming. Meditation can help you learn to stay centered and keep inner peace.
The emotional and physical benefits of meditation include the following:
Each 1-hour session will begin with a relaxing meditation to calm the body and mind, leading to a gentle flow on the ground to help us open and loosen our joints and muscles, increasing mobility and working on softening fascia. We will finish with a unique meditation practice each week. This is a very gentle class and requires no standing.
Cost: $125 Space is limited; if interested, RSVP with Tesha Ward at teshajoyward@gmail.com
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Relax and Rejuvenate!
Yoga and Meditation 4-week Workshop
Mondays April 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th at 6:30pm
Each 1-hour session will begin with a relaxing meditation to calm the body and mind, leading to a gentle flowing yoga sequence to warm the body by incorporating slower-paced movements focusing on alignment, strength, balance, and flexibility. Each class will end with an extended period of relaxation. This session is geared specifically toward those new to yoga or interested in the gentle practice.
This 4-week yoga workshop is designed for beginners who want to focus on gentle and restorative movements. Each class will include a variety of poses that are designed to stretch and relax the body. You will also learn to use props to support your body and find the most comfortable position possible. This class is perfect for anyone new to yoga or wanting to take things slow.
Benefits of yoga include:
The emotional and physical benefits of meditation include the following:
Cost: $125
Space is limited; if interested, RSVP with Tesha Ward at teshajoyward@gmail.com
Click on the links below to view.
Warming Up The Spine
Upper Body Release Neck and Shoulders
Upper Body Neck and Shoulders
Wrist and Hand Strengthening
Balance
Ankle Warm Ups and Standing Sequence
Strengthening Inner Legs and Pelvic Floor / SI Joints
Marching Cheerleader
Down Dog, Child’s Pose and Cat/Cow
Using Block Between Thighs, Pelvic Floor
Chair Yoga as done at the Senior Center, for those working from home, and folks who are sitting a lot
For a full description of each practitioner’s class, please see our new calendar and events page (February 2023)
To see the current month’s calendar of classes, click here
