Page 61 - Sonoma County Gazette - January 2020

Thru - Feb 25 ~ Kundalini Yoga Meditation ~ 5-6p, Riverbed Yoga, 14016 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707-604-6912, info@ riverbedyoga.com
Thru - Jan 14 ~ Pain-Free Sitting with Spinefulness ~ Learning to eliminate your pain. $15, RSVP req’d, 12/10: 7-8:30p, 1/14: 3-4:30p, Sonoma Body Balance, 210 Vallejo St, Suite C, Petaluma, 707-278-8718, sonomabodybalance.com
Jan 7 ~ The Healing Power of Hypnosis: free lecture ~ Hypnosis harnesses the Healing Power of Your Mind. Group hypnosis Free, 4-5p, Sonoma County Family YMCA, 1111 College Ave, Santa Rosa, 707-545-9622, scfymca.org, gail@ telehealing.com
Jan 8 - 29 ~ Dream & Divination Circle for Women ~ Share dreams or get a short reading. $5-$20 donation, Contact for times & details, 415-446-9590, thenightisjung.com, thenightisjung@ gmail.com
Jan 10 - 24 ~ Cannabis and Seniors: A Three Part Series ~ Join one class or join all! (Per class) Members: $8, Non- members: $10, 2:30-4p, Sebastopol Senior Center, 167 N High St, Sebastopol, 707-829-2440
Jan 12 ~ Breema Open House ~ Join us for a Breema bodywork mini-session. Free, 10a-12p, Redwood Needle, 3840 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, 510-379- 4057, breema.com
~ with Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian. Learn meditation and lifestyle practices. $15 confirms your space and lunch , 9:30a-4p, Lomitas Center, 2421 Lomitas Ave, Santa Rosa, ann@ santarosameditation.org
Ongoing
Ongoing ~ Food addicts in recovery meetings ~ For people struggling with food. Suggested $2 donation. 2 Locations: Sebastopol & Santa Rosa, foodaddict.org
Walters Water Aerobics - Rio Nido Roadhouse ~ $7, Mon, Wed, Sat, Sun, 9a, Tue, Fri, 6p, Rio Nido Roadhouse, 14540 Canyon Two Rd., Rio Nido, rionidoroadhouse.com
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
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
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. Join the self proclaimed Boom Boom Babes with their fearless Instructor Walter Thompson III, as he leads you through strengthening for all sections of the body. 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
The traumatic events of the North Bay wildfires have profoundly affected our individual emotional and
physical health, our social functioning,
our overall well-being, and the health
Feb 8 ~ Kriya Yoga Meditation Seminar
Saturday Morning Fitness Hikes
for Mind-Body Medicine from Washington DC. Their curriculum is the foundation for the training we received.
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine Comes to Sonoma County
and security of our community. Unresolved, this distress can damage our health and limit our potential for rebuilding a strong community.
The Sonoma County Resilience Collaborative, being spearheaded by Santa Rosa Community Health is working in partnership across the community and with the Center
Join diverse Sonoma County community members in this dynamic program where you will practice evidence-based self-care tools. We have graduated 2 groups of facilitators (220 people) The faculty from the Center for Mind-Body Medicine have even commented that our community is special. We seem to be more engaged with helping each other than many of the communities they go to around the world!
• The science of mind-body skills and how stress and trauma affect us. • Techniques for self-care and stress management
• How to be more resilient and pass on the skills to others.
We have supervision with the Center for Mind-Body Medicine faculty covered by our grants. Because the training was covered by grants, we were asked to do the workshops and groups pro bono, so cost is
not a barrier. The goal is reaching our community that continues to be in distress. We have been teaching and using these skills in our schools, clinics, workplaces, and shelters. In this past year, over 100 workshops have been done, reaching over 1000 people. Over 60 skills groups have been done, reaching more than 600 people.
We Were Taught:
An Eastern saying is “the teacher and the taught, together become the teaching”. With this in mind, there is a ripple effect of teaching us the mind- body exercises that help ourselves with self-awareness and then go into the community to do the workshops and small groups to teach others what has helped reduce our own anxiety or PTSD. It has been transformative for many of the individuals that have learned the evidenced-based techniques to reduce stress, anxiety, and other effects of the traumas we face in our lives.
Ping Pong
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. Holly- dale Community Club, 10250 Field Ln, Forestville, (707) 887-0330, INFO:www.hollydaleclub.org
We are developing our local capacity for healing. Together we stand. If you are interested in a skills group or workshop,
visit srhealth.org/resilience
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
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