Free summer yoga at Ballpark Village

Ballpark Village has started their 2015 series of free yoga classes.  You can join in tomorrow, May 20 at 6 p.m., for one hour of yoga held at Ballpark Village.  Classes are on select Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the summer and fall.  For the full schedule and more information, click here.

Afterwards, head on over to the Central Library.  We're only 10 blocks away.  Here you'll find books and videos on yoga that you can use for inspiration to keep your practice going.  Here are some of the great choices you'll find.

Videos:

• Quick start yoga. Fast efficient workouts 20 minutes or less.
• Health & fitness. Vol. 1, Yoga for the rest of us: heart healthy yoga.
• A.M. yoga for your week.
• Yoga for runners intermediate program.
• Kundalini yoga to detox & destress.

Books:

• Complete yoga workbook: a practical approach to healing common ailments with yoga by Stella Weller.
• Step-by-step yoga for conception, pregnancy, birth and beyond by Françoise Barbira Freedman and Doriel Hall.
• Gentle yoga for arthritis featuring contributions by Laurie Sanford and Nancy Forstbauer.
• Yoga for dummies by Larry Payne, PhD, and Georg Feuerstein, PhD.
• Yoga for a healthy lower back: a practical guide to developing strength and relieving pain by Liz Owen and Holly Lebowitz Rossi.
• Little flower yoga for kids: a yoga and mindfulness program to help your child improve attention and emotional balance by Jennifer Cohen Harper.
• Original yoga: rediscovering traditional practices of Hatha yoga by Richard Rosen.

As you can see, SLPL has a wide variety of choices!  We also have Yoga Journal available for checkout.

Strokes: Know the signs and act in time!

Strokes are serious business.  In the United States, they are responsible for more serious long-term disabilities than any other disease, and are a leading cause of death.  Over 800,000 strokes happen in the United States every year.

Knowing the signs is important, because the faster someone having a stroke gets help, the more likely they are to recover.  Learn about the signs of stroke, as well as risk factors, here at the National Institutes of Health.

For books in the SLPL collection, choices include

• Stronger after stroke: your roadmap to recovery by Peter Levine.
• Understanding and dealing with stroke by Dr. Keith Souter.
• Can I tell you about having a stroke?: a guide for friends, family and professionals by Lisa Taylor and Swee Hong Chia.

Double the fun!

Check out the two opportunities for fun fitness happening this Saturday at your library!

• In the morning, try Zumba at the Carpenter Branch.  The fun starts at 10:30.
• In the afternoon, Laughter Yoga at the Schlafly Branch starts at 2 p.m.

Click here for more information in CIO!