John Blair Yoga classes are being offered at the Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center. Restorative Yoga – Mondays at 9 a.m. Join John for a relaxing class of restoring health through a series of movements and breathing exercises. Beginners are welcome. Yoga Strength – Mondays at 4:30 p.m. Join John for a series of movements…
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Clubs & Classes, November 2021
Yoga Is for Everyone!
Margie Parrish, YA Instructor Yoga is not just for flexible and Gumby-type bodies. A regular yoga practice will help you improve your balance and posture, teach you how to breathe more efficiently, and give you core strength to protect your low back. Most professional athletes do yoga to sharpen their concentration and keep their body…
Clubs & Classes, September 2021
Yoga Strength
John Blair Yoga Strength will be offered at the Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center on Mondays at 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 9 a.m. Yoga Strength is designed for yoga practice with straps, hand weights, and medicine balls. Using breath, movement, and weights, allows the body to receive…
Clubs & Classes, July 2021
New Yoga Class at Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center
Margie Parrish You are invited to a fun yoga class every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m., called Yin Yang Yoga Flow with Margie Parrish, at Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center (CWPVFC). Margie is a 500-hour Yoga Alliance teacher who has taught vinyasa, yin, restorative, and yoga nidra classes in Central Phoenix for the last…
Clubs & Classes, April 2021
Yoga—Vinyasa Style
Sheila Axtman My Experience with Yoga: by Kathie Gates I used to ski. After the inevitable fall and knee surgery, I could not bend my knee. The only physical therapy I could handle was in the pool, and even then, my knee would give out while climbing the steps out of the pool. My therapist…
Clubs & Classes, April 2021
Cottonwood Yoga
John Blair Spring has sprung in Sun Lakes, and I’m excited to tell you about some exciting changes. The Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. The Yoga 4 Golfers class has evolved into Yoga Strength Training With Weights. The class is geared for active people of all ages who want a little more vigorous class. Two and three pound…
Clubs & Classes, March 2021
Yoga: Vinyasa Style ‘My Yoga Story’: Evy Birkemo
Sheila Axtman When we moved to Sun Lakes in 2000, I was still working full–time and wasn’t able to take part in any of the classes offered during the day. Driving past all my neighbors getting ready to play golf, tennis, swim, and walk in the sunshine was a real downer. I knew I was…
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
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…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Energy, Functional Yoga Classes: The End of Classes
Paullene Caraher There will be no more yoga classes from Paullene. Paullene Caraher is moving out of the area to Cottonwood, Ariz. I want to thank all who joined my classes. I started in November of 2001, and have continued until this December of 2020. Since then, I have taken additional yoga training at Inner Vision…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Yoga: Vinyasa Style
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…