Chair yoga provides a total body stretch, using the chair to support balance. Poses are both seated and standing, using the chair to steady our balance as needed. The chair makes the practice accessible to folks who are recovering from injury, surgery, the complications of aging, and those who are returning to physical activity after some time off. 

Yoga supplements your current fitness practices, enhancing strength, flexibility, and balance. Yoga has been proven to ease many common ailments such as back pain, high blood pressure, arthritis, osteopenia, diabetes, anxiety and insomnia, to name a few.

Our Inaugural Bowie Lions Yoga Retreat offers participants a chance to step out of the daily grind and into peacefulness, just as the leaves begin tho turn on the shores of the Potomac. Friday evening check-in from 5-7 will give you time to grab some refreshments, meet other guests and settle into your cabin. At 7pm we’ll have our first yoga session by the river, weather permitting, followed by a campfire as the sun sets. Saturday will begin and end with yoga, and include time for optional art, hiking, canoeing, or simply reading your book or taking a nap. Sunday wraps up with one last yoga session after breakfast. Details about what to pack will be sent when you register. Register here. Payment link inside of form. 

The retreat yoga and the regular classes are led by instructor, Ann Fleming, a 200-hr Certified Yoga Teacher with special training in chair yoga, yoga for seniors, pregnancy yoga and cancer exercises. She seasons her yoga with movements from from Ki Gong, Tai Chi, and even belly dance. Ann is also a Usui and Karuna Reiki Master.  For more information or to contact Ann, visit her website at www.annspeacefulpractices.com, or email ann@annspeacefulpractices.com