This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Total Body Reset is a two-hour, anatomy-based workshop that takes you through guided self-myofascial release using Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls.
These techniques improve mobility and movement, decrease pain and stress, increase circulation, and induce calmness after rolling.
Therapy balls will be provided for use during the workshop.
About Guest Teacher Christy Black:
Christy has a BA in Recreation Management from BYU, is a Yoga Tune Up® Certified Instructor, is trained in Roll Model Method, has completed her Gym Jones Level 2 certification, and is a Partner and Assistant Head Coach at Nerdstrong Gym in North Hollywood.
Fitness Education: BA in Recreation Management Yoga Tune Up® Certified Instructor Gym Jones Level 1 and Level 2 Roll Model Method – The Science of Rolling Roll Model Method – Ball Sequencing and Innovation
The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber meets on the second Monday of each month. The schedule is adjusted for holidays. Click here for the complete event calendar for the chamber.
Nia Faculty Trainer Britta von Tagen returns to Embody to share a master class and her workshop focusing on ‘Your Body’s Way’.
In the workshop you’ll learn to dance your own dance (your body’s way) amidst choreography. You’ll get to practice delicately listening to your body while also listening to your teacher.
Your Body’s Way workshop is valuable whether you are a Nia teacher or Nia student and especially good if you are new to Nia.
Friday, December 30th
Master Class: 5:30pm-6:30pm – $20*
Workshop: 6:30pm-8:30pm – $35*
Both: $45* Early Bird (Save $10! Ends 12/23)
Both: $55* General (Begins 12/24)
*Unlimited Members receive 10% off!
MORE INFORMATION:
The Master Class is open to ALL students and will be a one hour Nia class formatted similarly to other Nia classes using the 7 Cycles with a hyper concentrated focus of “Your Body’s Way”.
The Workshop is designed to encourage individuals to become their own conscious personal trainer using the Nia 52 Moves to sense each move as a tool for self healing. You will learn to modify the 52 moves to fit your body’s design and function. In the Workshop you will be learn Nia’s definition of “Your Body’s Way” and how adapting movements and perceptions can assist you in your dance. You will dance focusing on the Nia 52 Moves, the three stages of the practice and self healing to a variety of sounds.
Curious about YOGA? Never taken a yoga class? Not sure what to expect? This is the workshop for you!
You’ll learn the basics of yoga, get your questions answered and experience a slow-paced beginning-level yoga class. All levels of fitness are welcome and no experience or special equipment required.
In this 2 hour workshop, you will learn:
*WHAT IS YOGA? – Introduction to yoga foundation, history and philosophy and benefits of Yoga
*PRANAYAMA TECHNIQUES – Using the breath to relax the body and calm the mind
*ALIGNMENT PRINCIPALS – How to practice yoga safely
*FOUNDATIONAL POSTURES – An introduction to basic yoga postures
*INTRODUCTION TO PROPS – Getting to know the tools that will help your practice.
*MEDITATION – Quiet the mind and gain peace and clarity
$15* Early Bird (ends 12/31/16)
$20* General (begins 1/1/17)
*Unlimited Members receive 10% off
Bring a water bottle and wear loose-fitting comfortable clothing you can move freely in.
Ease Pain and Feel Great with MELT!
Join MELT Instructor, Jill Pagano, for an introduction to The MELT Method. With MELT you’ll experience the results of melting away stuck stress and compressed joints.
This simple to learn and do method has helped thousands of people get out and stay out of chronic pain. The MELT Method is not exercise or diet, it is a self-care treatment that in just 10-15 minutes a day leaves you feeling like you just had a massage—that you created yourself! With regular practice, you too can become pain-free!
$30* Early Bird (Ends 12/31/16
$35* General (Begins 1/1/2017)
*plus tax. Unlimited Members receive 10% off
ABOUT JILL:
Jill Pagano has spent three decades teaching fitness and somatic movement.
She enjoyed 20 years as a Nia Instructor and 4 years as a Nia Trainer. Her latest exploration is excavating her goldmine of experience to bring people into a deeper relationship with their body.
The Centralia-Chehalis Chamber meets on the second Monday of each month. The schedule is adjusted for holidays. Click here for the complete event calendar for the chamber.
Free and fun introduction to square dancing. A chance to get out and get moving. You’ll be dancing right away. Good exercise for body and brain in a friendly atmosphere. No experience necessary. Couples, singles, families welcome, ages 10 to 110. Sponsored by Olympia Area Square Dancers. For more information call Ed at 352-2662 or Nancy at 438-1284. Web: www.OlympiaSquareDance.com
Are you ready to fall in LOVE with a workout?Are tired of forcing yourself to go to the gym or feeling guilty for not going at all? Are you ready to completely change not only your body but your relationship with your body?
THEN GET READY FOR NIA and dance, move, laugh, shake and put PLEASURE into your workout!
Experience Nia in this 2 hour workshop designed specifically for beginners. We’ll introduce the basic concepts and principals of Nia and get moving in a beginning-level Nia class. All levels of fitness are welcome and no experience required!
$15* Early Bird (ends 1/6)
$20* General (begins 1/7)
*plus tax. Unlimited Members receive 10% off
Nia is a fun, energetic dance fitness workout that helps you become healthy, powerful and beautiful. This joy-fueled non-impact, full body, barefoot workout is focused on sensation, cultivating awareness and joy. Nia is about enjoying being present in the body and moving to your own individual intensity level and in your body’s way. A dynamic blend of dance arts, martial arts and healing arts, Nia is a path to condition, heal and express yourself through movement and sensation. Nia is more easily experienced than described. Movement variations offered for different levels of fitness. To learn more about Nia, visit NiaNow.com.
Open House: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 612 & Chehalis River Basin Land Trust
Visit our new building, enjoy light refreshments, talk with Local 612 and CRBLT leaders, and learn how our organizations impact your community, introductions at 7pm.
This social, family-friendly class gets your body and mind moving in a fun atmosphere. By the end of ten weeks you will have learned the basics of modern square dancing – the same moves used in thousands of square dance club dances and dance events throughout the world. You’ll be dancing at the very first lesson. Couples, families and singles are all welcome. First lesson is Thursday, January 19. 6:30 p.m.. Sponsored by Olympia Area Square Dancers. Web: www.OlympiaSquareDance.com
