Wellness
Beginning today, Martha’s Vineyard Community Services will host the two-day fall training conference titled The Many Faces of Trauma at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. The conference is an opportunity for Island professionals to learn more effective ways to link services and envision new ways to provide integrated services that will support families.
Dancing and Darjeeling
Belly dance is derived from folk dances and traditions of Middle Eastern and North African cultures. Like any dance form, it is great cardiovascular exercise. Find out more at the Tisbury Senior Center’s Tea and Talk on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. The Vineyard’s own Belly Dance and Revue will dance and talk about the history of belly dance while you enjoy cookies and tea. Dancers are Pat Szucs, Betsy Smith, Jamie O’Gorman, Suzanna Nickerson, Shela Rayyan and more.
Environmental medicine specialist Dr. Lisa Nagy will discuss the causes, symptoms, complications and treatments for chemical sensitivity at the Chilmark Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m. Her talk, Environmental Health: The Controversial Connection between Chronic Lyme, Depresssion, and Alcoholism and living in a moldy home, is free, open to all and sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Public Library.
On Saturday, Oct. 6, everyone is invited to join the fourth annual Justin Coleman Memorial Hike-a-thon. The 10-mile hike begins at the Coleman’s house on 150 South Road in Chilmark. This year, the hike also will be in memory of Alex Cohen, a friend of Justin’s who died in an automobile accident driving from Martha’s Vineyard to Duke University at the age of 19.
M.J. Bindu Delekta’s sacred Circle of Yoga studio in Vineyard Haven begins its fall season with free classes.
Chair yoga, which uses the support of a chair and stretches the entire body, is appropriate for seniors and anyone with physical limitations. This class will meet on Monday, Oct. 8 at 9 a.m.
Yoga on the Ball combines the wisdom of yoga with the support and core-building of the exercise ball. This class meets on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m.
For details, call 508-696-4513 or see online sacredcircleofyoga.com.
There is no clock on the wall of this yoga class. In fact, there are no walls at all, only the blue sky overhead and the wide open ocean. The laughter and chatter of the Polar Bears and the blare of the ferry horn take the place of the soothing, meditative chants typically played during sun salutations. And yet, for the past four summers, Anderson Bourell has been using this open stretch of public beach as a classroom, teaching yoga and spreading an inspirational message of healing to hundreds.