Join us for Mindful Movement Yoga on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month through April 2020.

Notice. Allow. Surrender. 

Ever feel like you’re just going thru the motions day-to-day? What were to happen if you started paying attention to your movements?

Mindful movement, what is it? It is less a focus on achieving the perfect posture and more about focusing on the body/mind awareness. When you develop movement routines and activities that are more than just physical, but instead, done mindfully, you allow your mind to focus, engage and be present. Breath supports movements, and your attention helps you feel the subtleties of actions. You get the most of your physical activity.

The benefits of mindful movement:

- Lower stress and anxiety: reduce the mental conditions that have a physical impact

- Improve level of focus: bring your attention to the here and now.

Mindful movement can help you strengthen your focus, relieve your stress levels and curb anxiety.

Think mindful movement yoga is not for you? Think again!

Whether you have physical limitations or not, modifying your movements in a way that makes them doable for you and sensing what is appropriate for you, is mindfulness. There’s no downside to giving it a try and seeing how it benefits you. Nothing special to get started… just go ahead and give it a go!

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BIO: Chris Howe is a registered RYT-200 Classical Yoga Teacher and Level 1 Restorative Yoga Teacher. Growing up constantly in motion, she embraced yoga practice and philosophy while recovering from spinal surgery to remove a cyst that had left her right leg immobilized for a short period. She enjoys sharing her journey back to physical comfort through gentle movement, mindfulness, and much humor. She is a business and marketing consultant. Chris serves as a volunteer CTO for the Veterans Yoga Project, as well as having completed their Mindful Resilience for Trauma Yoga Teacher training. Chris resides on the Massachusetts seacoast with her husband and her dog Kane and enjoys spending time exploring the outdoors and incorporating yoga principles of gratitude and mindfulness into her daily life.

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This program is co-sponsored by the Newbury Recreation Committee.