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Kundalini Yoga 
Kundalini yoga is the yoga of awareness. Awareness of what? Of what it feels like to be you, living in your elevated state....read more here and register

Kundalini Yoga (6 Weeks)
Tuesdays
August 9th - September 13th
6:00pm - 7:00pm
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This class will be taught by Carla Fox TFT, C-IAYT, Professional Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500 and Ayurvedic Practitioner

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Investment: $84 ($71.40 for members)
Body Positive Hatha Yoga 
This class has been designed so that any body and any fitness level is welcome. Developed for beginners as well as those with experience, this series will guide you through numerous asana, breath work, and relaxation to give you a basic understanding of yoga and how your body experiences it....read more here and register

​Body Positive Hatha Yoga (6 Sessions)
Saturdays
July 23rd - August 27th
10:00am - 11:15am
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$84 for the series ($71.40 for members)
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Taught by Cheryl Harris CYT-200
In-person, class size limited

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​Adam Milligan, President
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Many years ago, when my daughter was a little girl, she asked me why I wanted to stop and buy another newspaper since we already had one delivered to our house. I thought for a moment and asked her to imagine that she was standing on a little hill overlooking a body of water. Near the shore there was a duck in the water and a little girl that was on the land near the edge of the water, and as you are watching you see this girl quickly grab the duck and toss it onto the land. What, I asked, is your impression of the little girl? And, of course, my daughter responded with how mean this little girl was to do that to the duck. 

Now, I said, imagine that instead of standing on the hill you are standing behind the little girl and can see what she sees. And from her position you see a large dark shape in the water swimming toward the duck, but before the alligator reaches the duck the girl grabs the bird and pulls it from the water. “She saved it!”, my daughter exclaimed. 

Now, I know that this is simplistic - my daughter was probably 4 at the time - but I share it with the hope of explaining my perspective. I am often asked about the latest headlines or fitness-related bits of information and I can’t help but think about how it fits into the bigger picture. 

For instance, it wasn’t that long ago when all the media were pushing that people needed to ingest protein directly after exercise, though the research was pretty specific that it only applied to men (the speculation was that those with greater estrogen levels didn’t have the same muscle breakdown, due to estrogen’s protection of the muscle). But that didn’t stop the belief that everyone should be ingesting protein post-workout and the rush for companies to start producing and pushing products designed for after exercise. 

And then a couple of years later a comprehensive review of the literature indicates that it is the total amount of protein in a day that makes the difference, not when that protein was ingested. So, now we see protein added to all kinds of foods. But, does it make a difference if your pancakes are now high in protein? And if you are not doing the exercise necessary to get your body to use the protein, aren’t you just adding more calories? 

I understand the appeal to believe the simple statements, but there are just too many variables to make blanket assumptions that have any value for an individual. And, unfortunately, the more you hold to one belief the harder it is to make shifts and adapt when the time is right. When, really, adaptation is one of the things that we as humans should be the best suited to be able to do.

As always, let me know how I can help.
Adam

“Take care of your body.
It’s the only place
you have to live.”
                       – Jim Rohn

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