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Thru - Apr 29 ~ Drop-In Counseling ~ Wildfire Survivor Support Groups ~ FREE DROP-IN COUNSELING - Wildfire Survivor Support Groups Please contact NAMI for times/ locations. Free, Various Times & Locations, Sonoma County, docs. google.com
Thru - Mar 29 ~ Yoga for Stress Reduction, Trauma Resolution, & Deep Relaxation ~ Free. Please contact the 866-960-6264 for up-to-date times & locations. Free, Various Dates & Locations, Sonoma County
Thru - Mar 24 ~ Free Wellness Groups for Youth ~ Social Advocates for Youth is offering Free counseling services for youth ages 12-19 this winter. Free for youth ages 12-19, Various Locations, 707-544-3299, saysc.org, shelby.harris@ saysc.org
Thru - Jun 27 ~ Gentle Yoga ~ Build hip & shoulder flexibility to prevent injury, and strengthen back & abdominal muscles. Members: $10, Non-members: $15. 9:30-10:45a, Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 N High St, Sebastopol, 707- 829-2440
Ongoing
Food addicts in recovery meetings ~ For people struggling with food. Suggested $2 donation. 2 Locations: Sebastopol & Santa Rosa, foodaddict.org
Wednesday Wellness Walks at Armstrong Redwoods -Easy Walks to Enhance Physical & Mental Well-being FREE, Wednesdays 10a-11a, Armstrong Woods State Natural Reserve, 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-869-9177, Erin Harer, stewardscr. org, stewards@stewardscr.org
Gentle Yoga classes by Smiling Tree Yoga - Occidental Center for the Arts ~ Experience the skilled and nurturing teachings of Gail Saunders, CYT of Smiling Tree Yoga in OCA’s classroom; ongoing. Drop-ins welcomed. Mats and equipment provided. This is a popular offering! First Friday of each month includes Deep Relaxation with Restorative Yoga. 9-10:15a and Fridays from 3-4:15p. Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Occidental, 707-874-9392, Gail, occidentalcenterforthearts.org, gail@ smilingtreeyoga.com
Saturday Morning Fitness Hikes at Jack London State Historic Park. Start the weekend off with a fun, self- empowering fitness hike Free, starting at 10am, Jack London State Historic Park, 2400 London Ranch Road, Glen Ellen, 707-938-5216, jacklondonpark.com
Walters Water Aerobics - Rio Nido Roadhouse ~ Walter’s Water Aerobics is an hour of intensity at whatever your skill level and ability. A fun workout to music that will make you move. Classes are held almost daily, with some evenings. $7, Mon, Wed, Sat, Sun, 9a, Tue, Fri, 6p, Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon Two Rd., Rio Nido, rionidoroadhouse.com
~ always kept very secret. Now this technology is free for everyone. Donation based, 5-6p, Riverbed Yoga, 14016 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-604-6912, info@ riverbedyoga.com
GO OUTSIDE!!! :)
Get It, Your Peace of Mind
By Mary K. Piasta, Esq., Haeuser Valluzzo & Piasta LLP
Table Tennis
Wednesdays @ 7p, Join us for fun and exercise! Sebastopol Grange, 6000 Sebastopol Ave/Hwy 12, Sebastopol, sebastopolgrange.org
Table tennis is every 1st and 3rd Thursdays and of course there is always a game going on those Last Sunday breakfasts. Hollydale Community Club, 10250 Field Ln, Forestville, (707) 887-0330, INFO:www.hollydaleclub.org
Ongoing ~ Kundalini Yoga Meditation
A solid estate plan in its simplest sense is a roadmap. It sets the decision-makers for when you cannot make them before you die and then after you do so. Specialized planning can also minimize your long- term care expenses or eliminate them altogether. Of course, a solid estate plan documents your wishes with respect to your worldly belongings to be distributed according to your stated desires.
A solid estate plan also can provide peace of mind in moments of uncertainty, a light in the dark, or the clarity in the fog. It’s a rather simple process. According to my clients, the most difficult part is the decision that comes before – to take the first step.
Why is this difficult? Some cultures suggest our western society shuns death. We busy our lives with things like social media and the rat race to attain worldly goods. In this hamster wheel of an existence, death isn’t something we as a society prepare for. Hiding age behind retinol creams and plastic surgery, society shoots for an image without wrinkles.
Taking the first step towards a solid estate plan requires not only entertaining the thought that we will die but it also requires taking an action to do something about it. So busy your life as you like or accept as many cultures do the reality that death is.
Senior Social Clubs at four convenient sites
Santa Rosa Senior Social Club ~ M, W, and F, 9:30a-2 at 2150 Giffen, Santa Rosa.
707-525-0143, or atlanderson@councilonaging.com
Sonoma Senior Social Club ~ Tu, Th, 9:30a-2 at Vintage House, 264 First St. E., Sonoma, 707-525-0143, or atlanderson@councilonaging.com
Healdsburg Senior Social Club ~ M, Tu, 9:30a-2p at St. Paul’s Church, 209 Matheson St., Healdsburg. 707-433-6161.
Sebastopol Senior Social Club ~ W, F, 9:30-2p at Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 No. High St, Sebastopol. 707-525-0143, or atlanderson@councilonaging.com
Do your legal planning and get back on your gauntlet. The
piece of mind from having an estate plan in place is worth every ounce of energy expended, every emotion tackled in doing that plan before it was needed. You owe it to yourself to get that peace of mind.
Mary Piasta of Haeuser, Valluzzo & Piasta LLP who provides peace of mind to her clients through proactive representation from her plaza office on estate planning, elder law, real estate, and business matters.
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