Living Well 60+ May-June 2014
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Events<br />
Calendar<br />
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Ongoing<br />
Yoga Health & Therapy<br />
Center Classes<br />
Our Yoga Classes feature slow<br />
stretch with gentle breathing,<br />
and relaxation techniques.<br />
Class size is small, to provide<br />
careful instruction. Yoga classes<br />
are offered Mon through Thurs<br />
(daytime and evening), and Sat<br />
mornings. Our Meditation Starter<br />
Course teaches simple ways<br />
to focus and quiet the mind;<br />
5-week sessions are offered on<br />
Sundays at 5:30 pm. A nonprofit<br />
organization operating<br />
since 1981, The Yoga Health &<br />
Therapy Center is located at 322<br />
W. 2nd St. Free private parking<br />
is provided for most classes. For<br />
more information on fees and<br />
scheduled dates and times, call<br />
us at 859-254-9529, or email us<br />
at info@yogahealthcenter.org<br />
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat<br />
Send us your event listings<br />
List your event for FREE if it’s free to the public*.<br />
E-mail your event information to graphics@samplerpublications.com<br />
(*$35 fee for events that are not free to the public)<br />
Reiki Introduction &<br />
Practice<br />
6:30pm- 8:30pm, 4th Tuesday<br />
each month. 1403 E. Breckinridge<br />
Street, Louisville, KY. Free.<br />
Those who do have not Reiki<br />
training—come for an introduction<br />
& to experience it. No experience<br />
required. Those with Reiki come<br />
to practice on others & receive<br />
the Reiki energy. Everyone will<br />
get 15 -20 minute Reiki treatment.<br />
Free reattunement to your last<br />
level of Usui or Karuna Reiki® if<br />
you have your certificate. Contact<br />
JoAnn Utley at 502-777-3865<br />
or jutley5122@bellsouth.net to<br />
register. More info at http://<br />
joannutley.byregion.net<br />
Sit and Get Fit<br />
Mondays and Fridays, 9:30am-<br />
10:30am. FREE! This event is<br />
a seated controlled exercise/<br />
movement class to improve<br />
strength, flexibility, balance<br />
and coordination. It is taught<br />
by Anne Graff, MS, OTR/L,<br />
Occupational Therapist certified<br />
by the American Senior Fitness<br />
Association as a Senior Fitness<br />
Instructor and trained in Body<br />
Recall. Also included are: Fall<br />
Prevention and Recovery, Fun<br />
Movements to Strengthen<br />
Body and Mind, Improve<br />
Posture and Core Conditioning,<br />
<strong>Well</strong>ness Education, Relaxation<br />
Techniques, and Music.<br />
The Charles Young Center is<br />
located at 540 E. Third Street.<br />
Parking is available on Shropshire<br />
Avenue or Lewis Street,<br />
Lexington, KY. Ages 60 and older.<br />
For more information, please<br />
contact Alexis Edge at 859-246-<br />
0281 or aedge@lexingtonky.gov.<br />
<strong>Well</strong>ness Wednesday<br />
On the first Wednesday of the<br />
month, all Good Foods Market<br />
and Café customers will receive<br />
5% off all supplements, body<br />
care, and bulk herb & spice<br />
items. Customers can special<br />
order <strong>Well</strong>ness Wednesday items<br />
ahead of time and pick them up<br />
on <strong>Well</strong>ness Wednesday. When:<br />
Wednesday, July 3, 8 am – 10<br />
pm. held at Good Foods Market<br />
& Café, 455 Southland Drive.<br />
<strong>May</strong> 11<br />
Down to Earth Garden<br />
Club Community<br />
Fundraiser Plant Sale<br />
Every <strong>May</strong>, the Down to Earth<br />
Garden Club, a non-profit group,<br />
holds its annual plant sale<br />
fundraiser. The plants are from the<br />
members’ own gardens, so they<br />
are knowledgeable about their<br />
characteristics and landscape<br />
potential. This event will be rain or<br />
shine, offering plants for shade or<br />
sun, Natives, Herbs, Vegetables,<br />
Perennials, Wildflowers, Grasses,<br />
Hostas, and Irises. Money<br />
raised will be donated to local<br />
projects that promote gardening,<br />
education, preservation,<br />
conservation and environmental<br />
stewardship. The 2013 sale is<br />
on Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 11th, from<br />
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Woodland<br />
Christian Church, 530 E. High<br />
St. in Lexington , KY. Please visit<br />
our website for more information<br />
and see descriptions & pictures<br />
of some of the plants we will be<br />
selling: www.downtoearthky.com/<br />
PlantSale.html<br />
<strong>May</strong> 12<br />
Diabetes Support<br />
Group<br />
Diabetes Support Group, 10-11<br />
am, Senior Citizens Center,<br />
1530 Nicholasville Road, Free.<br />
Sponsored by the Lexington-<br />
Fayette Co. Health Dept. For<br />
more information, call (859) 288-<br />
2446.<br />
<strong>May</strong> 13<br />
Health Chats about<br />
Diabetes<br />
6:15-7:30, UK Polk Dalton<br />
Clinic, 217 Elm Tree Lane, Free.<br />
Sponsored by the Lexington-<br />
Fayette Co. Health Dept. and UK<br />
Healthcare. For more information,<br />
call (859) 288-2446.<br />
<strong>May</strong> 14<br />
Ladies’ Health Day<br />
9am-5:30pm, Franklin Co. Health<br />
Department, 100 Glenns Creek<br />
Rd, Frankfort, KY. Breast and<br />
cervical cancer screening, by<br />
appointment only, targeting the<br />
rarely and never screened women<br />
of Franklin County. Phone 502-<br />
564-7647 for an appointment.<br />
Sponsored by the Franklin<br />
County Health Department.
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