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Mindful Yoga for Health and Healing
The growing body of research over three decades shows mindfulness can reduce anxiety, depression,
stress and other medical symptoms, as well as enhancing emotional regulation and our sense of
well-being. Try a safe, effective yoga class with our highly qualified instructors
Cali 706.475.7329 or email mbiprograms@armc.org to register.
New courses start the week of January 9, 2011
Beginner Yoga for Health & Relaxation
Beginners learn basic yoga in this class Jbr fit adults
6 dosses for $60
Sundays, 4:00 - 6.-00 pm; Mondays. 9:30 - 11:30 am
Wednesdays. 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Gentle Yoga for Health & Relaxation
beginners learn an easeful yoga practice.
6 dosses for $7$
Mondays, 4:00 - 5:45 pm; Mondays, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Tuesdays, 10:00 am - 12 noon
Thursdays. ] :00 - 3:00 pm NEW?
Saturdays, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon NEW!
Yoga for Serenity
Designed to support people with anxiety & depression
through gentle yoga and relaxation.
9 dosses for $115
Tuesdays, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Back Care Yoga Works!
Research shows this course is effective at
reducing chronic back pain.
6 dosses for $75
Thursdays, 6.-00 - 8:00 pm
Yoga for the Unbendable Man - RETURNS!!
Yogo for the guy uho thinks yoga is not for him!
6 classes for $75
Thursdays. 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Joint Freeing Series
A therapeutic yoga practice to keep joints strong
andflexible; especially helpful for conditions such
as artlrritis andfibromyalgia.
6 dosses for $60
Fridays. 3:45 - 5:00 pm
Mindfolness-Based Stress Reduction
An evidence-based course to reduce stress and
improve well-being.
6 dosses for $75
Mondays, Jan. 17-Feb. 7 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
FREE Programs for Your Mind and Body!
(No need to register for time programs)
Tai Chi Chih on Saturdays
in cold or rainy weather, u* will meet indoors - look
for location direction at the parking kiosk, bark for
free in the ARMC parking log on KingAve.
Saturdays. Jan. 8 & irb. 19 from 9:30 - 10:30 am
Mindfulness Practice Group
Are you curious about this powerfulway of caring for
yotendf and enhancing well-being? This is the perfect
time to find out more!
January 14 & February 11 from 5:30 - 6;30 pm
Laugh-A-Yoga
This is a wonderful stress buster that can enhance
health, happiness and sense of well-being.
January 28 & February 25 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm
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ATHENS NEWS AND VIEWS
Bring Your Questions and Comments: The
Classic Center announced last week that it will
host a “public meeting open house" Thursday,
Jan. 6 to display and discuss plans for the
Center's expansion. This “opportunity for
questions and comments" is the public input
session—referred to by county staff at the ACC
Mayor and Commission's last work session—at
which, apparently, everything about the proj
ect plans except the abandonment and closure
of Hancock Avenue they would necessitate will
be up for discussion.
Although a final design from proposals
being solicited for the expansion with spe
cific instructions to include the Hancock
closure is currently scheduled to be selected
and approved by the mayor and commis
sion in April, along with the abandonment
of Hancock, there appears to be significant
support on the commission for slowing the
process down and exploring other options.
Ed Robinson has been
firmly against the
current plan from the
get-go; Jared Bailey,
whose term begins in
January*, expressed seri
ous concern about the
closing during his cam
paign; George Maxwell
was less than enthused
about it at the work
session; and Alice
Kinman said recently
she'd be willing to
consider holding off
on final approval if
necessary, “for the sake
of better planning."
"We're going to
have some other
options, at least in my
mind," Commissioner
Mike Hamby told the Dope last week, and if
the commission isn't presented with any plans
that don't include the closure, he says, TU
have a hard time coming up with a 'yes' vote
to fund the thing." But the fact remains that
the only designs currently being accepted
for consideration by tire Classic Center and
county staff are ones that include the clos
ing, and the deadline for submissions was
this Tuesday, Dec. 21. So, either all of this
bellyaching about east-west connectivity and
access to the river has about as much hope for
effectiveness as banging one's head against
a three-story wall spanning the eastern
edge of downtown, or a lot of architects just
wasted a lot of time and effort due to a willful
lack of communication.
A group of concerned citizens has con
structed a website (actually, Krysia Haag did
it but she has a lot of comrades) to serve as a
clearinghouse for information and communica
tion about the project and it includes a peti
tion. Go to www.dassiccenterplan.org to get
with the program.
Speaking of Websites: And speaking, while
we're at it of development on downtown's
eastern edge, the Project Blue Heron folks
from the Athens Economic Development
Foundation have a new site full of informa
tion about their proposal for an “economic
development zone" between downtown and
the river. You can read about their plans in
this issue's Athens Rising and Pub Motes, but
check out www.athensrivercomdor.com to get
it straight from the horse's mouth.
D6jd Vu: So, the Georgia Supreme Court
decided last Thursday to deny the ACC govern
ment's motion to reconsider the court's earlier
ruling in favor of Nufi's Space in a painfully
protracted property tax case. That means
Nu^i's gets to keep its nonprofit tax exemp
tion, even though it makes some of the money
it uses to help musidans with mental health
care by renting out space for bands to practice
and sometimes—gasp!—for parties. And that,
finally, is final.
A New Heirloom: Boulevard and Normattown
residents will be delighted to know that the
old Amoco station at the comer of Boulevard
and Chase—in recent years, home to an auto
shop with a hugely impressive collection of
vehicles crowding every comer of its lot—will
soon be transformed into a farm-to-table
cafe and fresh market Co-owner Jessica
Rothacker says she'll begin renovations on
the space in January with hopes to open
The Heirloom Cafe & Fresh Market in ApriL
Rothacker has a great pedigree in local foodi-
ness: she was recently the pastry chef at Ike &
Jane and a sous chef at Farm 255 before that,
plus she's a P.LA.C.E. board member. More
walkable urban amenities - more good.
A Shout Out: Every now and then, it's nice
to be reminded of what a well-functioning
government Athens has, as the Dope was last
week. A request by a small group of homeown
ers in Dopeville to discuss possible traffic
calming measures on our street with county
staff was answered with a meeting at a neigh
bor's house, at 5:30 on a weeknight, with ACC
Traffic Engineer Steve Decker and his admin
istrative secretary, Solretta Thomas. Their
helpfulness, intelligence, professionalism and
enthusiasm to do something to help people
in this community were terrific and inspiring,
especially considering they were visiting with
us on what most people would consider "their
own time."
Next rime you hear someone carping about
ineffective or inattentive ACC workers, think
of Steve and Solretta and remember that we
live in a city that's appealing and exciting
enough to attract professional staff who are
absolutely at the tops of their fields. Let's
keep it that way.
And to All a Good Night: Happy holidays,
everybody. Travel safety and have fun.
4 FLAGPOLE COB DECEMBER 22,2010
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