YOGA FOR RELAXATION
Gentle stretches, breathing exercises and meditation leave participants relaxed and at peace.

1. Saturdays 1:30PM-2:45PM & Thursdays 11:00am - 12:15pm at Better Bodies Yoga
   692 W Brookhaven Cir, Memphis, TN 38117
2. Wednesdays 7:00PM-8:15PM at Midtown Yoga
   524 S Cooper St, Memphis, TN 38104
    

EXERCISE FOR STRENGTH
Exercise combined with yoga to help you maintain your physical condition during treatment.
Mon. & Wed., 11:00AM - 12:00PM, Desoto Athletic Club – Southaven
 

Other classes available in the community tailored for cancer patients and others dealing with chronic medical conditions.

Exercise
Mon, Wed, Fri. 9:00AM
Covenant United Methodist Church, 8350 Walnut Grove Rd.
Suggested donation-$5 per class

Yoga
Tuesdays at 11:00AM
Shelby Farms Visitors Center
Suggested donation - $5 per class Pre-registration is required and may be done by calling 383-7752 in the afternoon.
 

Wings Come in All Sizes
By Patricia Thompson

The Wings Exercise Class at Shelby Farms can have some unexpected benefits, other than strength building. I have found our group to be humorous, witty, caring, intelligent and sometimes silly. We warmly welcome all newcomers and hope that they will come back, especially one.

Peck, peck, peck. Looking IN the window at Shelby Farms and wanting attention was a precocious little ball of feathers and fluff with two black eyes that watched every move we made. Those two eyes peeking from that tiny little body, said very, very clearly, "feed me, feed me". One of the employees at the reception center would take breadcrumbs out several times a day and lay them on the windowsill. The little mockingbird would allow her to get very close. This went on for about two weeks. We never had an exercise class that this tiny being didn't attend. She might not be there when we arrived but she appeared soon afterward, and we always made sure she got fed. We expected her and we looked forward to seeing her and having her see us. She grew quite rapidly and every day she had less fluff and more feathers. Then one day she was gone. And we missed her; she made us remember that it is the simple things that mean the most. She reached out to us and we responded.