Macdonald Headingley Recreation District • Program Information • Gentle Yoga with Lorraine, Winter 2022 session

Online, Winter 2022 Gentle Yoga with Lorraine

Miss the deadline? Don't worry, we're still accepting registrations!
Please contact us at (204) 885-2444 or for more information.

Meet Your Instructor

Lorraine Marek

I began my yoga journey as a fitness instructor in 1992 with the MFLDA and enjoyed teaching aerobics, step and resistance classes part time. When I retired, I decided to teach yoga to Older Adults exclusively. At an MFC conference in 2003, I attended a Fusion Fitness Training session with Helen Vanderburg and Donna Read and was hooked on the mind/body approach to fitness. I signed up for Maureen Rae’s Module 1 in 2010, Module 2 in 2013 and furthered my knowledge at Maureen’s Yoga for Older Adults session in Toronto. I got my certification with MFC in 2012 for Fit Flow Yoga and attended Bernie Clark’s Yin Yoga 50 hour course in 2016. I’m inspired to help people find more strength and flexibility through yoga and think Yin Yoga is exactly what many stressed out people need to feel better about their bodies and themselves. I’ve seen firsthand how yoga can improve muscle tone, strength, balance, flexibility, core strength, improve breathing techniques, posture and alignment while enhancing self-awareness, concentration and mental awareness. After 25 years, I still look forward to each yoga class and love what I do. I hope to be guiding people in yoga for another 25 years.

Join Lorraine for a gentle yoga practice! You will stretch your large muscle groups (legs, arms, back) and increase your flexibility, improve circulation and reduce stress throughout your body. Using deep and slow breaths, fresh blood and oxygen will be pushed to the brain and vital organs while holding yoga poses to strengthen muscles, improve balance, flexibility and posture. Gentle yoga can be practiced from the mat or in a chair. Each individual can choose the options that best suits their limitations and strengths or just enjoy resting poses that relax and stretch the entire body.

You will need a yoga mat and 2 blankets.

Recording: This program will be recorded. The recording will be available for 1-week.

Please consult a Health Care Professional before starting any new exercise program to help decide if it's right for you.

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