Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 23, 1974, p. 14

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has waiting list Yoga keeps and a whole lot of other women sane la that a mystical figure standing on her head with leg twisted into the lotus position J Is she practising some deep ark hidden magical ritual Some strange religion or 1m practical philosophy Look again Shes Marcia Wilkinson of Halton Hills a woman housewife mother And like many other women housewives and mothers today Marcia has discovered Yoga to help cope with everyday stresses of our modern way of life It keeps me sane says Marcia who Joined the Yoga program In Acton about two and a half years ago Yoga Instructor Bray another woman housewife and mother teaches the art four nights a week in Acton and Burlington She describes yoga as a gentle and graceful stretching of the muscles combined with relaxation breath control and mental concentration This is probably an lm portant factor in Yoga s recent explained Mrs ray You can do yoga in your living room It require the sort of Iron constitution you would need to go Jogging on a cold winters day not as strenuous or fatiguing as calisthenics This gentle exercise program strengthens the body improves circulation and flexibility and has special appeal for the physically frail or people who would find a more strenuous exercise program out of the question Mrs Bray says yoga is especially good for the very young and the very old She has several students In their sixties and seventies who are singing the praises of this relaxing method of exercise Kids love It she says Last year I conducted classes at Robert Little School They were filled to capacity and moat of them wanted to join the second set of classes I hope to organize children classes again if I can get the support Mrs Bray is one of a host of enthusiastic supporters of hatha yoga for Improved health and physique She says both she and her husband Joe started practicing this new road to health and vitality about loyearsago Here I was I only years old and I was I literally dragging around the house was ferlng backaches and Joe was having chest pains and foot problems We felt really old We were having sleepless nights and getting up In the morning feeling like wed never It Is the kind of exercise daughter Dawn exercises been to bed program that people are happy right along with Mom Marcia Then we discovered yoga and continue with month after has a series at records stressing the symptoms have gone month and year after year yoga meditation and Many other students of yoga Although Marcia Wilkinson Is Mrs Bray explained the yoga list a wide variety of beneficial classified as a well advanced philosophy may enter the side effects member she likes to attend the picture as much as you want it Improved flexibility and classes because she says it is to She says meditation Is a strengthening of the muscles more fun to practice with other rewarding experience but a often alleviates backache people It gives her a chance to matter of choice Certainly the headache and foot problems meet other women and It gives fundamental insistence on good who have difficulty to keep doing nutrition daily exercise and People wno have care of oneself is wmolkofMrustJaTn t At not oeWdebate way to work off frustrations j Apparently many other Yoga students find they can hatha yoga every morning for women see It her way sleep better and are less about an hour It gets me going More and more women and fortheday And the evening some men are attending yoga have a chance to get rid of I do the breathing and classes offered by the stress symptoms through a relaxation exercises This Board of Education Adult voaa relaxes me ready for sleep Department Seventeen classes yoga prog throughout the region are fully booked and many are on the waiting list Mrs Bray teaches two classes a week at Robert Little Public School In Acton and two nights a week In Burlington At Georgetown High Mrs Doreen Burt Instructs beginners one more classesbut she Just can t spare any more evenings away from her growing family of four She hopes that more ad vanced students will take an Interest In becoming yoga in so that they can share this effective and en form of reducing emotional stress so charac terlstic of our modem society YOGA instructor Melanle Little School and twice a Bray Itcp helps Elaine week In Burlington She has Shortill wHn a leg stretching been practicing yoga for 10 exercise dutmg a Thursday years teaching It for five class Mrs Bray also teaches and recommends it to the art to beginners on everybody Wednesday night at Robert iff MARCIA Wilkinson Acton housewife and mother finds that the relaxation and meditation end of yoga keeps her sane She practices the mental exercises In the evening helping her sleep and the phystcarexercisea in the morning to get her going for the day Centre for women planned A Centre for Women that will provide services for Individuals in the college and the com is planned by Sheridan College The centre scheduled to open at the Campus in February Is the result of ex tensive research conducted by an eight member Women a Committee at Sheridan which helped to determine the needs of women In the community A major portion of the survey results was obtained during the very successful Women Day held at the college In the fail of The centre will function primarily as a resource referral and personal development area to help women establish understand and advance their status Women of all ages from all wafts of life whether at school at home or currently employed in the work force will be able to utilize this centre Save up to on Halliday Homes and Cottages This is the Burlington model one of 117 choose Price Includes speedy shell erection on your lion by skilled crows Call or drop in Ask about our Buy now Price freeze for 1975 BURLINGTON DISPLAY COURT 111 Avtnu J7 Burlington 4UJU4 Toronto to9pm toSpm Sundays HOMES IffD ANY BETTER -J- BREAKFAST NOW BEING SERVED 8am Ham to FRI BREAKFAST MENU EGG BACON TOMATO LETTUCE MAYONNAISE ON REQUEST COFFEE homemade 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