Bare Bones Yoga on Charlestown Live, Boston Neighborhood Network!
March 3, 2010
New! March 12, 2011: Women’s Wellness Groups and Bare Bones Yoga profiled in The Magazine of Yoga:
Press Releases:
Women’s Wellness Groups: A customized approach to Women’s overall health
Boston, January 26, 2011: Women’s Wellness Groups are the latest addition to Bare Bones Yoga’s wellness offerings. The program focuses on customized yoga and wellness instruction in an interactive, supportive and comfortable setting: the home of founder, Karen Fabian.
The group sessions include yoga, meditation and wellness-focused topics Fabian prepares for open discussion. Recent groups have discussed goal setting, the healthful effects of meditation, and innovative ways that women can increase their happiness quotient and decrease stress levels in their daily lives. It’s an offering that promotes women taking care of themselves on a physical, mental and spiritual level.
“A group dynamic helps to motivate attendees,” notes Bare Bones’ founder Karen Fabian, “and it also creates new bonds for ongoing support and encouragement. Women share experiences, learn from each other and share ideas for relieving stress and managing busy schedules.”
Women’s Wellness Groups grew out of requests Fabian was receiving to provide yoga to women in a customized, small and intimate setting. Women’s Wellness Groups are also a perfect illustration of the Bare Bones Yoga motto: “Keeping Yoga Simple.”
“Despite yoga’s popularity, there are still many people, especially women, who are apprehensive about going into a yoga studio for fear that they’ll be unable to meet the physical demands a yoga practice requires, or feel like they look foolish because they don’t know how to do the poses. We all know we need to exercise regularly, but sometimes it is hard to find the right thing that you’ll want and be able stick with. So we customize the experience and either provide it out of my home or can also offer it in your home,” says Fabian.
About Bare Bones Yoga:
Karen Fabian is the founder of Bare Bones Yoga, has taught in the metro-Boston area for more than 10 years, and is credentialed as both a Certified Baptiste Teacher and as an Experienced Registered teacher through Yoga Alliance.
To learn more about hosting a Women’s Wellness Group, to schedule a session, or to learn more about how you can create a customized yoga and wellness practice that meets your own individual needs please contact Bare Bones Yoga at: www.barebonesyoga.com
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Join us for Free Family Esplanade Yoga on
Boston’s Charles River Esplanade:
A fun, healthy outdoor activity for people of all ages!
BOSTON, MA – September 29, 2010
The Esplanade Association and Bare Bones Yoga are pleased to offer free family yoga classes on Boston’s Charles River Esplanade, next to the Arthur Fiedler Statue, this Saturday, October 2nd, and again on October 9th from 3:00 to 3:45 pm. Both sessions are “open to all ages and experience levels and designed to be fun, relaxing and educational for kids, parents, yoga beginners, and the whole family.”
Holding free outdoor yoga classes in the unique and inspiring setting of the Charles River Esplanade is “a dream come true” for Bare Bones Yoga founder, Karen Fabian and TEA organizers, particularly since the space had never been used before for classes specifically geared toward “families and people who are new to yoga” of all ages. “We’re really trying to bring yoga to adults and children in creative new ways and places,” she notes, “and so having a spectacular public, outdoor setting like this is a gift.”
Initial classes have already been enjoyed by diverse groups of adults, families, kids and members of Friends of the Children, a local non-profit youth group. “Everyone is welcome,” notes Ms. Fabian. To create the program, she collaborated with The Esplanade Association and both groups are pleased that it has been welcomed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Ms. Fabian enthusiastically touts the many benefits of yoga to the sessions’ attendees, including weight loss, stress reduction, increased flexibility and strength, as well as an increased ability to concentrate and relax. This program “demonstrate that yoga can be enjoyed almost anywhere, anytime, and by anyone–even those with little or no prior yoga experience.”
“One of the things I love about this program is that it lets me show young people traditional yoga poses, but we also play yoga-inspired games which emphasize different concepts to keep it fun and upbeat.” The games also help to teach even the youngest students how to balance, focus, and to build their core body strength. “Plus everyone enjoys it!”, she adds.
Attendees at the two remaining sessions will also receive free samples of a coconut water drink courtesy of Vita Coco, as a nutritious and healthy refreshment to try after the class.
About Bare Bones Yoga:
Karen Fabian is the founder of Bare Bones Yoga and has taught in the metro-Boston area for almost 10 years. She is credentialed as both a Certified Baptiste Teacher and as an Experienced Registered teacher through the Yoga Alliance Registry.
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