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Yoga: Vinyasa Style

Sheila Axtman “My Yoga Story: I’m Bill Gosiak. In January of 2016, I met Sheila Axtman when she came to an open house I was holding at a nice home on the golf course, in Cottonwood (I’m a realtor). Sheila and her and husband George ended up buying the house, and in the course of…

Yoga: Vinyasa Style

Yoga student Bill Gosiak practicing Tree pose next to a cave on one of the hiking trails near Superstition Mountain

Sheila Axtman Happy New Year 2021! The Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center is open, and we are doing yoga. Practicing yoga releases endorphins in your brain. You feel relaxed and happy. Vinyasa Yoga also improves proprioception and strengthens and stretches your muscles, and you become more flexible. It helps you feel and move like a…

Yoga: Vinyasa Style

Sheila Axtman It’s December. What a year it has been. Yoga is a way to breathe, move, recenter yourself, and forget for a few minutes all the challenges of this past year. Every year on the last yoga day before Christmas, I teach a class I call “Low and Slow Christmas Crazy.” It is an…

Energy and Functional Yoga October Schedule

Paullene Caraher Classes are held at the SunBird Golf Resort, Navajo Room, upper level. Morning: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10 to 11:15 a.m. Afternoon: Tuesday and Thursday, 4 to 5:15 p.m. As of this writing (Sept. 10), only SunBird residents are permitted to attend group classes. This may change by October. So, if you are…

Yoga: Vinyasa Style

Sheila Axtman The Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center is open, and we are doing yoga. Protocols for class size are being followed. CWPV residents can reserve a spot in a class up to two weeks ahead of time on the Cottonwood Palo Verde website. Residents of all other Sun Lakes communities can call 480-895-1776 the…

Yoga: Vinyasa Style

Sheila Axtman Hopefully, by the time you are reading this article, the Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center will be open. Guidelines for the number of people and distancing will be in place. We will be in the large room. We will be able to have 21 people, and I don’t think we will go over…

Cottonwood Yoga by John Blair

London Brewster, Fitness Director When the Fitness Center reopens, be ready for some exciting changes! John is teaching Introduction to Yoga on Saturdays and Mondays at 9 a.m. He is keeping those two slots, because they were so well attended before the shutdown. He is adding Sports Yoga on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. This class is for…

Yoga Every Day

London Brewster, Fitness Director Did you know that there are different styles of yoga classes offered Monday through Saturday at the Fitness Activity Center? No matter if you haven’t done yoga before or you have years of experience, our yoga experts are here to guide you through it all! Our yoga masterminds Sheila and John…