Holistic Health for Seniors at Wayne Senior Center
Holistic health emphasizes the connection of your body, mind and spirit to your overall well-being and it is being embraced daily by the members of Wayne Senior Center. Social connections, stimulating your mind, and engaging in physical activity are known to help improve your health, minimize the effects of depression and help you live longer.
The members of Wayne Senior Center have embraced new holistic programs at the Center, including classes in mindfulness and meditation, chair yoga, gentle yoga and tai chi.
According to Dani Joy Foley, Program Coordinator at Wayne Senior Center, there are many benefits to adding yoga or meditation to your daily life. She states “Yoga can help increase muscle tone, improve your balance, and give you tools to manage stress.”
Dani has been a certified yoga instructor for 5 years and facilitates the Center’s mindfulness and meditation classes. “I like to tell participants that the breathing techniques taught in a mindfulness practice can easily be incorporated into your daily life. For example, how many of us have sat waiting to be seen in a doctor’s office and can feel stress building? Use your breathing techniques from your practice to help keep you calm and relaxed.”
Wayne Senior Center member, Marcella Baumann, has been practicing yoga and meditation for years. “Yoga has been a key element to learning how to discipline my mind and release stress”, she states. “It has taught me patience and it even helps me to relax and fall asleep at night.”
Yoga classes are held at Wayne Senior Center on Mondays at 1:15 pm and Fridays at 9:15 am, Tai Chi is held on Thursdays at 2:00 pm, and Mindfulness and Meditation every other Monday at 12:45 pm. For more information contact Wayne Senior Center at 610-688-6246 or visit the website at www.wayneseniorcenter.org
About Wayne Senior Center
Since 1975, the Wayne Senior Center has led the effort to provide a place for older adults to have active friendships in Wayne. The mission of the Wayne Senior Center is to provide community, friendship and resources which enrich the lives of older adults.