Arthritis Foundation Exercise Class
Instructor: Lela Davia Instructor: Nancy Yates
Mondays 11-12pm Thursdays 11-12pm
The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Class provides gentle movement and strengthening for people with disabilities and/or joint disease. Classes will include warm up, strengthening, stretching, cardio, and relaxation segments. Everyone is welcome to join us and classes are offered free of charge.
About Lela:
Lela DaVia, M.A., M.S. is a certified Acu Yoga instructor. A graduate of the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, Lela taught gentle stretch there as well as at Cazadero Music and Arts Camp, various women’s retreats, VARA Healing ArtsYoga Studio, and privately to groups upon request. She has formally studied dance for over 35 years as well as a variety of movement techniques including yoga and NIA. Lela is also a certified Peer Spirit Circle facilitator for women’s groups and a founding member of the California Alliance for Women that produces an annual Women’s Retreat in Northern California.
Lela teaches the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Class on Mondays from 11-12pm
About Nancy:
After suffering a serious back injury while skiing 33 years ago (didn't walk for 1 year), I was desperate to try everything but surgery. A friend carried me to a yoga class and I incrementally began to heal and re-align my spine---and have been doing it ever since.
In 1996 I introduced yoga to the SF LightHouse for the Blind & Visually Impaired 15 years ago. I have 15 years of experience teaching visually impaired and blind seniors/elderly students from 23 years of age to 102. I am an observer. I keep developing my sensory awareness through learning from my students. I work from my own inner-voice, heart, intuition, and experience blending various yoga disciplines from 33 yrs. of practice with some of the best teachers in the world. I care about my students and they tell me they feel the energy. I help them to open their hearts and well-being. Bottom line---yoga evokes discovery of ourselves and helps to quiet the cessation of the "mind stuff."
Nancy teaches the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Class Thursdays from 11-12pm.