Yoga for Seniors

January Program: Yoga for Seniors

Since many of us seek physical and spiritual renewal in the new year, our January program seems especially fitting.  "Yoga for Seniors" will be held at Mercyhurst University on Saturday, January 13, at 10 AM, in Zurn Hall.

Park in the Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center lot, walk straight back to the dinosaur, enter the adjacent DanceSpace door, and proceed to the (back) Hunter dance studio.

Our speaker, Solveig Santillano, is an Associate Professor of Dance at Mercyhurst University. Originally from Sioux Falls. SD, Ms. Santillano holds an MFA from Hollins University, a Master of Arts and Liberal Studies from Wesleyan University, and a BFA from the Julliard School of Dance. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher with over 500 hours of training and has had additional yoga teacher training at Open Sky Yoga. She has earned certifications with Judith Hanson Lasater and continues to study with Douglas Brooks and Peentz Dubble. Ms. Santillano is particularly interested in the therapeutic potential of moment and is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist.

Ms. Santillano will tell us a little about her own yoga journey, describe the benefits of yoga for aging bodies, and demonstrate simple exercises that we can do in our chairs.