Chair Yoga & Mindfulness - with Carol Tharp-Perrin

Carol Tharp-Perrin leads a chair yoga and mindfulness session at the Spades Park Branch on Tuesday, December 15, from 11 AM to 12 PM. It's a class geared toward seniors and adults, so if you've been wanting to get into yoga but aren't sure about getting down on a mat, this is a good place to start.

The session brings chair-based yoga to people who prefer to stay seated, combining breathing techniques with gentle stretches and movements. The goal is to help lower your heart rate, sharpen your mental focus, and settle into a bit of relaxation. Tharp-Perrin describes chair yoga as a practice that energizes both body and mind by connecting breath to movement, and the work touches on posture, flexibility, balance, strength, and mind-body awareness. It's less about pushing yourself and more about moving in a way that feels sustainable.

If you find yourself wanting to explore the subject further after the class, the library has two book lists—Every Body Yoga and Fit Lit: Every Body Yoga—that can point you toward more reading. And the venue itself has a bit of its own history: the Spades Park Branch was built with a $120,000 grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation and opened in 1912. It went through a $610,000 renovation in 1987 and celebrated its centenary in 2012.

So, if you're looking for a low-impact way to move and breathe for an hour, you'll find Carol Tharp-Perrin at the Spades Park Branch, 1801 Nowland Avenue, on Tuesday, December 15, from 11 AM to 12 PM.